Alabama Company Gives $500k To Support Poultry Research At Auburn University

By Jamie CreamerAuburn University

A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama-based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, based at the North Auburn campus.

Larry Fortenberry, company founder and co-owner, urged other national poultry-related operations to support the project as well because Auburn’s comprehensive poultry research and education facility is important for the whole poultry industry.

“The Miller Center is going to greatly advance the poultry industry worldwide,” Fortenberry said. “Poultry has been good to me and to my family and to many other families. I challenge everyone in the U.S. poultry industry to give back to our industry by supporting Auburn’s efforts to build a world-class poultry research center.”Specifically, the Fortenberry gift will help fund construction of a state-of-the-art poultry research and educational processing plant that will facilitate efforts related to processing efficiency, animal welfare, food safety and quality, and value-added product development.

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