Teaching:
Teaching activities take
place during fall and spring semesters. As part of Poultry Techniques (AVS
120) in the fall, students raise broilers from day one until processing.
They learn feeding, watering, and general poultry husbandry. Poultry
Nutrition (AVS 375) teaches different types of feeding practices,
ingredients, feed mixing, and actual feeding of birds. Both undergraduate
and graduate students can get on-the-job training by working at the farm. Graduate
students also have opportunities to conduct research at the farm
year-round.
Research:
The farm provides poultry
of various species for support of research conducted by faculty and
graduate students. Such studies include
nutrition, range management, and egg shell quality. Much of this research
is conducted for and is supported by industry.