The USPOULTRY Foundation reached out to students at the 87th annual National FFA Convention with information about careers in the poultry industry.

Representatives from various companies at the Poultry booth talked with hundreds of students during the convention and passed out more than 2,000 career opportunity DVDs. Among the companies represented were Chore-Time Equipment, Cooper Farms, Farbest Foods, Perdue Farms, Pilgrim’s, Rose Acre Farms and Wayne Farms.

“USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation have long been supporters of FFA and 4-H, in addition to sponsoring college poultry judging contests. They actively encourage today’s youth to become involved in the poultry industry, and this was never more apparent than at the National FFA Convention & Expo,” remarked incoming USPOULTRY Foundation chairman, Elton Maddox, Wayne Farms, Oakwood, Ga.

In addition to receiving information about the career opportunities in the poultry industry, FFA members were able to participate in USPOULTRY Foundation’s “Wheel of Poultry” in the booth, a take on the popular game show, “Wheel of Fortune,” which tested FFA members’ knowledge of the poultry industry. Bailey Schwaberow and Abby Hissong received iPads for answering the most questions correctly. Schwaberow is a junior vice president of the Twin Valley FFA chapter, and Hissong is a member of the Milton Union FFA Chapter in West Alexandria, Ohio.