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FACILITIES:
The John W. Tyson Building
JOHN W. TYSON BUILDING - The 112,000-square-foot John W. Tyson building was dedicated at a ceremony for the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science on September 10, 1995. The Center of Excellence is the largest teaching and research facility on the University of Arkansas campus. It is comprised of a lab wing, atrium and office wing. The lab wing has 100 laboratory modules, environmental chambers, walk-in freezers and coolers, teachng labs and computer lab, kitchen and tasting booths for sensory evaluation and other research support facilities. The office wing has space for faculty, support staff and graduate student offices. The wings are connected by the atrium, which includes the Pioneer Room, conference rooms, resource rooms, and lounge areas. The atrium also opens into the Leland Tollett Auditorium. The Center of Excellence for Poultry Science building was made possible by $10 million in federal grants sponsored by Sen. Dale Bumpers, $5 million from the Arkansas College Bond Issue Program approved in a state-wide election, and $5 million from Arkansas industries. In addition to the John W. Tyson building, the $20 million building program also included a 10,000-square-foot pilot processing plant.
The Division of Agriculture Broiler/Breeder Research Farm
(Currently under lease to a poultry company)
BROILER/BREEDER FARM: A gift of $844,793 from Tyson Foods subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, Inc., in Siloam Springs, was used for construction of a broiler breeder research facility at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture research complex near Savoy, west of Fayetteville. The facility is currently under lease to a poultry company.
The unit cost nearly $1 million fully equipped, and includes a pullet house for rearing young hens, two production houses, an egg collection room, a shower-in/shower-out bio-security facility, a conference room and a farm manager's residence.
The Pilot Processing Plant
PROCESSING PLANT - The 10,000-square-foot pilot processing plant is used for teaching processing techniques and for on-going food safety research projects. The primary and further processing areas allow commercial groups and students access to all areas of modern poultry processing.
The Research Farm - on campus
RESEARCH FARM - The research farm facilities include the hatchery, genetics unit, pullet rearing facility, battery brooder, caged layer house, broiler breeder houses and turkey houses. Shown here is the Poultry Environmental Physiology Laboratory.
Applied Broiler Research Unit - Savoy, Arkansas
APPLIED BROILER RESEARCH UNIT (SAVOY) - These four full-sized broiler houses are equipped with computerized environmental control and data collections systems capable of commercial-type production research.
DOWNLOAD A MAP TO THE ABRU UNIT IN SAVOY (.PDF FORMAT)
The Feed Mill
FEED MILL - The state-of-the-art feed mill has the ability to make research-specific diets from small bags to large bulk capacity. A feed truck makes bulk delivery an important part of the feed mill operation.
The John Kirkpatrick Skeeles Poultry Health Laboratory
POULTRY HEALTH LABORATORY - The 12,000-square-foot Poultry Health Laboratory is capable of the highest bio-safety rating (P3) of any university laboratory dedicated to poultry research.
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