DID YOU KNOW?
Close to 5000 North Carolina families produce poultry on their farms, with another 25,000 directly employed in some aspect of poultry production or processing.
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National Chicken Council
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
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National Turkey Federation
NC State Prestage Department of Poultry Science
NC Agricultural Statistics
Avian Influenza
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For Immediate Release
RALEIGH, NC - 07/29/2022
Contact: Robert L. Ford,
rlford@ncpoultry.org
Passion, Poultry, and a lot of Firsts
Dannica Wall never imagined she'd make history one day. But the NC State University graduate student and staff member did just that in spring 2022 when she became the first Black female at NC State to earn a Ph.D. in poultry science. Her work in poultry production has taken her throughout North Carolina and overseas to Senegal. For this graduate, more firsts are on the horizon.
