From left: Curt Kiser, Aviagen Dwell Manufacturing Supervisor; De Moist Nortje, Aviagen Widespread Supervisor, Larger Period Manufacturing; Jan Henriksen, CEO, Aviagen Broiler Breeder Group; Congressman John Rose, Tenn. sixth District; Grant Mason, Aviagen Program Geneticist; Andy Goldman, Aviagen Vice President, Pedigree Operations
Part of broader $100 million funding, the model new farm is a milestone in ongoing journey of progress and innovation.
Aviagen® is proud to announce the grand opening of its new pedigree farm in Crossville, Tenn., which befell on Nov. 16. There to welcome associates had been Aviagen CEO Jan Henriksen, De Moist Nortje, Widespread Supervisor of Larger Period Manufacturing and Andy Goldman, Vice President of Pedigree Operations.
This new farm, the place high-generation breeding stock may be produced, represents a
important milestone inside the 32-year historic previous of progress and innovation for Aviagen in
the Crossville area. Choosing the agricultural area for its biosecurity vitality, the worldwide
breeding agency relocated its Pedigree operations from Elkmont, Ala., to Crossville
in 1991. Over time Aviagen has flip into an integral part of the group,
aligning with the company’s dedication to “Breeding Success Collectively” with its
native communities and its prospects, the world’s poultry producers.
The pedigree farm is one a part of Aviagen’s full Crossville
operations, which moreover operate a state-of-the-art veterinary diagnostics laboratory,
definitely certainly one of solely two within the USA dedicated to servicing Aviagen’s inside
breeding efforts and amongst merely seven worldwide. The Crossville companies embody a
extraordinarily biosecure feedmill, a hatchery, manufacturing office and quite a lot of farms the place
pioneering evaluation and innovation are ongoing.
The Crossville pedigree farm is part of an ongoing $100 million funding in
Pikeville, Crossville and the encircling areas. In 2020 the company inaugurated
the feedmill, and this marks the completion of farm amount seven out of the deliberate
14.
The farm enlargement is predicted to be completely realized by the highest of 2024, creating
employment alternate options for as a lot as 150 additional farm professionals inside the area.
“We now have discovered an distinctive workforce in Tennessee, people who understand agriculture and acknowledge the mandatory place we play inside the meals present chain as a breeding agency. We’re pleased to be part of the good state of Tennessee and its welcoming and caring residents, and look forward to many additional years of worthwhile collaboration,” commented Henriksen.