Vacancies include entry-level through supervisory-level positions.

The grant was made possible in part by an endowing USPOULTRY Foundation gift from Jerry and Cherie Moye.

The grant was presented to Dr. Melanie Glasscock, poultry science instructor, by Wallace State Community College President Dr. Vicki Karolewics.

The foundation provides annual recruiting and retention funds to colleges and universities to attract or connect students to their poultry programs or the industry.

Employment at U.S. meat, beef and poultry processing plants currently stands around 500,000 and is expected to grow 0.4 percent by the end of 2021, according to Meat, Beef and Poultry Processing Industry in the U.S.,” a September 2020 market research report from IBISWorld.