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<\/a>Dr. Trey Berry, SAU president, and David Moore, executive vice president and general manager of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance of Arkansas, celebrate with SAU administrators and the Farm Bureau leadership team as Farm Bureau contributes $100,000 to the University\u2019s new poultry science facility. Also pictured are, left to right: John Bonner, Vice President \u2013 Underwriting, Dina Bates, Vice President \u2013 Products and Education, Wade Berry, Vice President \u2013 Information Systems, Mack Wallace, Vice President \u2013 Sales, Kevin McKenzie, Vice President \u2013 Claims, Dr. David Lanoue, SAU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Jeff Miller, SAU Agriculture Department Chair and Boulware Professor, Tammy Crumey, Vice President \u2013 Human Resources, Dr. Abdel Bachri, SAU College of Science and Engineering Dean, and Rick Wells, Vice President \u2013 Finance.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cSAU is truly grateful for our partnership with Farm Bureau,\u201d said Dr. Berry. \u201cIt is committed to providing facilities necessary for our students to be educated in an environment that meets local industry needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
He thanked David Moore, executive vice-president and general manager of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance of Arkansas, for his ongoing support for SAU\u2019s students. \u201cFarm Bureau has been a partner in our success long before this commitment,\u201d Dr. Berry shared. \u201cThey have provided internships for many of our agriculture and business students and employed many of our graduates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore said that as the leading provider of agricultural insurance services in Arkansas, Farm Bureau Insurance assumes a responsibility of helping customers make informed buying decisions. \u201cOur partnership with Southern Arkansas University is unique in that it provides educational opportunities for our customers and staff. Plus, it assists SAU in providing learning activities for students who want to be involved in the poultry industry. Southern Arkansas University, Farm Bureau, and the surrounding communities all win.\u201d<\/p>\n
In recognition of this extraordinary gift, the university will name the Agriculture Mechanics Teaching Laboratory in honor of Farm Bureau Insurance. Inside the First Financial Bank Poultry Facility, Farm Bureau will also be recognized in the naming of the Broiler\/Breeder Room.<\/p>\n
In addition to strengthening the educational component of SAU\u2019s poultry program, Farm Bureau will document the proper construction techniques used in building the poultry house.<\/p>\n
Poultry is the leading agriculture industry in Arkansas, and SAU\u2019s Poultry Science program will prepare students for careers in the ever-growing and changing industry. The poultry industry provides more than 15,000 jobs in Arkansas. Forty-one percent of farms in Arkansas produce some type of poultry, and the poultry industry pays an average of $58,776 in wages and benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a tremendous show of support for the students of Southern Arkansas University, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc. has generously donated $100,000 to the University\u2019s new poultry science facility. Dr. Trey Berry, SAU\u2019s president, said the gift represents the extraordinary bond between Farm Bureau and SAU and its budding poultry program. Farm… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":7870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[65,308,7753],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agriculture","8":"category-college-of-science-and-technology","9":"category-homepage","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}