By Merritt Melancon
Special to Poultry Times
ATHENS, Ga. — Dr. Mike Lacy, professor emeritus and former head of the University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science, has been tapped by the U.S. Department of State to help train agricultural Extension agents in South Africa and to provide support to poultry farmers there.
Lacy, who retired from UGA in 2016, will travel to South Africa in February 2017 as part of the Department of State’s Fulbright Specialist Program, a sponsored exchange program for academics and professionals.
Lacy worked in UGA Cooperative Extension poultry housing research for many. . .