Major impact

by NATHAN KELLY 
artwork by ASHLEY WISKIRCHEN

The National Poultry Technology Center was created seven years ago to help Alabama poultry growers operate more efficiently. Since 2007, its efforts have led to an annual impact to the state’s economy of almost $30 million. The center, affiliated with Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, has maintained its goal to provide unbiased engineering and economic evaluation to poultry growers and has had lasting effects on the cash flow and success of poultry growers in Alabama and beyond. Here’s a look at the statistics. 

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<p><a href="https://agriculture.auburn.edu/author/mcb0005auburn-edu/" target="_self">Mary Catherine Gaston</a></p>

Mary Catherine Gaston

Mary Catherine Gaston is a freelance writer who specializes in agricultural and rural topics. She finds time to write in the midst of homeschooling two children and helping her husband Wes on their row crop and cattle farm near Plains, Georgia. MC holds degrees from Auburn University and Virginia Tech.

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