ABINGDON, Va. — Green Valley Poultry Farm, Virginia’s largest producer and distributor of shell eggs, recently held a tour of its newly upgraded facilities and highlighted its innovations in egg production.
Lake Wagner, Dutt & Wagner; and Rodney Wagner, Green Valley Poultry Farm, conducted the tour, focusing on the company’s modern technology additions to its processing facility. These include updated hen housing systems, as well as onsite solar panels and a microgrid that assist in providing power to the location’s daily operation.
U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) was notably part of this tour. Congressman Griffith represents Virginia’s Ninth District. Also joining the group were Donald F. Grady, United Egg Producers’ vice president of government affairs, and Kirby Moir, Virginia Egg Council executive director.
“Green Valley Poultry Farm has supplied fresh, high-quality eggs to communities across the Commonwealth for generations, and that legacy is something our family is deeply proud of,” Lake Wagner, Dutt & Wagner and Green Valley Poultry Farm president, said in a statement.
“The upgrades we’ve made reflect our commitment to sustainable, resilient agriculture,” Wagner added. “We’re honored to have Congressman Griffith here to see these changes firsthand, and we remain dedicated to serving Virginia families and strengthening the egg industry for years to come.”
Those on hand for this industry tour also took the opportunity to note the importance of Virginia’s egg production and how it supports local economies and the state’s food production.
Green Valley Poultry Farm has five locations across Abingdon, Va., with facilities for approximately 1 million laying hens and 750,000 pullets every year. The family of farms, which have operated for more than four generations of the Wagner family, produces about 19.5 million dozen shell eggs annually.
