Wayne-Sanderson Farms has announced a second donation of $500,000 toward construction of Mississippi State University’s new poultry feed mill, bringing the company’s total contribution to the facility to $1 million. With this donation, MSU’s department of poultry science is closing in on the halfway mark for funding their multimillion-dollar research mill facility.
The endowment comes on the heels of the recent merger of Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms — both legacy companies were long-time supporters of the MSU poultry program, ranked by industry leaders as one of the top programs in the nation. Poultry is the top agricultural commodity in Mississippi, contributing nearly $2.7 billion to the state’s economy in 2021 and ranking sixth nationally in broiler production.