Rhea Hebert

Dec 10, 2019

Chicks on the Run Complete Step To It Challenge

A team of walkers in the Prestage Department of Poultry Science recently completed the campus Step To It walking challenge. 

Oct 28, 2019

NEW CLASS – Global Relationships of Agriculture and Cultures

Check out Dr. Robert Beckstead's new Global Relationships of Agriculture and Cultures course offered this spring. 

Oct 18, 2019

Bringing Industry, CALS Admins and Poultry Extension Together at Turkey Industry Days

What's the meaning life? We can't say for sure, but we do know one thing: gathering industry, administration, alumni and researchers is one of the things poultry Extension does best. 

Sep 23, 2019

Big Data, Big Ideas: FAI Symposium Addresses Future of Animal Agriculture

The Food Animal Initiative's first International Symposium on Precision Systems and Data Analysis in Animal Agriculture brought data and animal scientists together to showcase technologies that'll help meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population. 

Jul 1, 2019

Gut-sy Research: 2019 AFNC Grants Support Swine, Disease Projects

The AFNC has announced its 2019 grant awards - Matt Koci and Sung Woo Kim will both study animal gut health. 

Jun 19, 2019

First International Symposium on Precision Systems and Data Analysis in Animal Agriculture

This symposium is responding to an unmet, and growing, research and application need for automation and big data analysis in managing animal health, welfare and production. 

Apr 29, 2019

Field Notes: Extension ASAs and Faculty Give Calibration Demos

If you aren't an active farmer, you might think spring has just finally sprung - but for North Carolina farmers, spring chores start before the scarves come off. 

Mar 25, 2019

Small Spaces, Big Impacts: Isolator Gift Helps Grow Research Program

In 2018, Robert Beckstead’s lab in the Prestage Department of Poultry Science (PDPS) was able to test 8 possible treatments for turkey and chicken diseases. In 2019, the lab has the potential to test close to 350. 

Feb 25, 2019

Award-Winning Impact: Anderson’s Research Recognized at 2019 IPPE

PDPS professor Ken Anderson has been investigating solutions to a tricky problem. Now, his research has been awarded the 2019 Charles Beard Research Excellence Award by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPoultry) and impacted U.S. policy. 

Jan 28, 2019

Adding Value: Michael Joseph Brings New Expertise to PDPS

The Prestage Department of Poultry Science (PDPS) recently welcomed Michael Joseph to the faculty as an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist.