Groundbreaking for UT AgResearch Poultry Production Facility (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

Groundbreaking for UT AgResearch Poultry Production Facility

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On May 2, UT AgResearch celebrated the official groundbreaking for a next generation poultry research and education facility at the Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center. Joining in the ceremony, from left to right, are Eric Mayberry and Bryan Wright, Tennessee Farm Bureau President and Executive Vice President, repectively; Jeff Aiken, Deputy Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture; Shelia Butt, Maury County Mayor; Shane Joyner, Vice President for Live Operations, Tyson Foods; Kevin Thompson, UT AgResearch Center Director; Jim Hagaman, Spring Hill Mayor; Deborah Crawford, Vice Chancellor, UT Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development; Keith Carver, Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President, UT Institute of Agriculture; Randy Boyd, UT System President; Charlie Hatcher, Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture; and Hongwei Xin, Dean, UT AgResearch. 

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Photo by T. Cronin, courtesy UTIA.

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