OAKWOOD, Ga. — Wayne Farms LLC, the sixth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the U.S., has pledged $175,000 to the construction of a state-of-the-art poultry research unit at Auburn University.
“We’re happy to invest in a new farm facility that will thrive, not only now, but for the next several decades,” said Elton Maddox, Wayne Farms president and CEO, in presenting the gift to Auburn College of Agriculture and Department of Poultry Science administrators. “The ability to support innovative ideas and research is an opportunity Wayne Farms proudly stands behind.”
The new facilities will. . .