One of the classes we offer in the Poultry Science Department is ‘Intro to Poultry Careers’. In this class, the students travel around North West Arkansas and visit many of the local poultry companies and allied industries. The class gives students an idea of some of the careers to which their degree could lead. So far this year, they have visited the Cobb-Vantress corporate office in Siloam Springs and the Tyson Foods corporate office and Discovery Center in Springdale, Arkansas. Yesterday, the class came to the farm and met with the folks from Simmons Foods. We are a contract grower for Simmons Foods. They brought eight of their live production team out to the farm to meet with our students. They discussed their education, career path and current position and responsibilities. It was very informal and the students were able to ask a lot of questions.Simmons brought:
James Cook – Director of Broiler Growout and Live Haul
Frank Myers – Director of Breeders, Hatcheries and Feed Milling
Dr. Nathan Collins – Nutritionist
Dr. Kurt Dobson – Veterinarian
Rusty Sikes – Broiler Manager
Mike McConnell – Breeder Manager
Jason Nordin – Company Farms Manager
Chris Simco – Field Service Tech
These guys were a huge hit with the kids. Great job and thank you very much.
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