USPOULTRY allocates $324,215 in student recruiting grants.

Event offers a variety of activities aimed at introducing high school and college students to opportunities within the industry.

These grant funds are set to help Iowa State University with enlisting students with an interest in poultry to become future industry leaders.

Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, receives a $7,000 grant.

Grant funds supports the University of North Georgia’s Poultry 101 event.

Department head and professor of poultry science plans to utilize these funds to strengthen recruiting efforts.

These funds represent an evolution from telling students about the opportunities available to them, to involving them in the poultry industry and showing students the kind of roles they can expect to attain within the poultry industry.

Foundation presents $7,000 grant to Wilkes Community College, allowing them to recruit high school students into their poultry program, raise awareness of the career options available and more.

Grant funds enable Delaware Valley University to enhance their poultry science course through the addition of a live bird husbandry component.