Adam Fahrenholz

Bio

Dr. Adam Fahrenholz earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from Kansas State University. He teaches courses related to feed manufacturing technology, quality assurance, and facility and process operations and leadership. He coordinates the Feed Milling Program, including an undergraduate minor and undergraduate and graduate certificates, and oversees the operation of the Feed Mill Education Unit. Dr. Fahrenholz maintains a small applied research presence, while his Extension program focuses on industry education, regulatory compliance, and ways to address continuous quality improvement in animal food manufacturing facilities.

Feed Milling Program

The feed manufacturing program focuses on the areas of feed processing technology as it relates to improved manufacturing efficiency and finished product quality, the impact of feed processing on animal performance, and the regulatory environment impacting the feed manufacturing and related industries.  Dr. Fahrenholz interacts with the feed industry through cooperative extension and as a consultant, helping to troubleshoot issues associated with manufacturing and quality control.  Dr. Fahrenholz served as a Post Doctoral Research Scholar at NC State prior to joining the Faculty in October, 2013.  His current responsibilities include teaching, providing industry outreach, and conducting feed manufacturing research.

Area(s) of Expertise

Dr. Fahrenholz coordinates the feed milling program and oversees academic, Extension and applied research efforts to support NC State students, faculty, and stakeholders. Applied research interests include manufacturing efficiency and impact on finished feed quality, and data-driven decision making.

Teaching interests include

• animal food manufacturing,
• Quality Assurance and
• facility operations and leadership.

Extension services include

• doing state, national and international outreach on production quality, efficiency and safety,
• collaborating on animal food safety and other regulatory initiatives,
• supporting industry R&D efforts through testing and service,

Service to the department includes

• student advising, mentoring and support, and
• the Targeting Excellence Initiative.

Publications

• Characterization of spray-dried plasma-induced immune response in Salmonella-challenged broiler chicks , POULTRY SCIENCE (2024)
• Corn kernel hardness and drying temperature affect particle size post-hammer-milling and pellet quality in broiler and swine diets , ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2023)
• Machine learning and data mining methodology to predict nominal and numeric performance body weight values using Large White male turkey datasets , JOURNAL OF APPLIED POULTRY RESEARCH (2023)
• Supplementation of ginger root extract into broiler chicken diet: effects on growth performance and immunocompetence , POULTRY SCIENCE (2023)
• The impact of marker selection, in-line near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR), and feed mix time on the coefficient of variation (mix uniformity), body weight uniformity and broiler growth performance during the starter, grower, and finisher periods , POULTRY SCIENCE (2023)
• Effect of methionine chelated Zn and Mn and corn particle size on Large White male turkey live performance and carcass yields , POULTRY SCIENCE (2021)
• Effect of pellet quality and biochar litter amendment on male turkey performance , POULTRY SCIENCE (2021)
• Effect of the Pelleting Process on Diet Formulations with Varying Levels of Crystalline AA and Reducing Sugars on Nursery Pig Growth Performance , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2021)
• Can the digestibility of corn distillers dried grains with solubles fed to pigs at two stages of growth be enhanced through management of particle size using a hammermill or a roller mill? , TRANSLATIONAL ANIMAL SCIENCE (2020)
• Effect of feed form, soybean meal protein content, and Rovabio Advance on poult live performance to 3 wk of age , POULTRY SCIENCE (2020)

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