WCC Animal Science

05/20/2026

04/28/2026

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03/15/2026

03/15/2026

Thank you Tanya Fox Callie Iversen Andrew Fulk for supporting our WCC Grange Club in Asheville NC Family Conference 2026.What a great time with Friends.Thank you NC State Grange for your support.

11/29/2025

North Carolina has more turkeys than humans.
NC has a human population of just over 11 million people and around 27 million commercial turkeys are grown annually. NC is the #1 producer of turkey in the nation by weight.
NC also leads the nation in chickens....NC growers raise and sell over one billion meat chickens a year.....
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According to USDA....Wilkes County has over 850 farms and grows over 10 million meat chickens annually.
USDA does not report any turkey farms in Wilkes.

11/21/2025

Thank you Croslee Anderson for presenting John Cothern a Belt Buckle from WCC Animal Science club for all his hard work he has done in WCC Agriculture and Wilkes County!

11/19/2025

Thank you Stacie Taylor Ronald Dollyhite Dr Rodgers Callie Iversen for all your support in our Ag Programs. Ivy Toney Croslee Anderson presenting Animal Science belt buckles from the Animal Science Club.

11/13/2025

Wilkes Community College is honored to receive a $7,000 Industry Education Recruitment Funding Program grant from the USPOULTRY Foundation Student Outreach. This generous gift will support student recruitment and retention efforts in programs that prepare students for success in the poultry industry. We extend our sincere thanks to the USPOULTRY Foundation for their continued commitment to education and workforce development!

11/06/2025

Thank you Tanya Fox and Callie Iversen for talking at Bandys High School about WCC Agriculture.