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Georgia representatives introduce bill to rename NPRC facility for Abit Massey

By Elizabeth Bobenhausen Poultry Times staff ebobenhausen@poultrytimes.com

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GAINESVILLE, Ga. — U.S. Representatives Earl (Buddy) Carter (R-Ga.) and Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.) have introduced a bill asking to rename the USDA National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Ga., after the late president emeritus of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Abit Massey.

The bill states “The U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘Abit Massey Poultry Research Center.’”

Massey passed away in June. He spent 48 years as the president of the Georgia Poultry Federation and became well. . .

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