Awards & Honors

In 2011, raised over $127,000 for poultry growers who suffered tornado damage from the April tornados.

In 2013, started the 2+2 program at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville raising scholarship money for students to attend Wallace State in Hanceville for 2 years and take the introductory class in Poultry Science and then transfer to Auburn University to complete a degree in poultry science. In 2016, this program expanded to Gadsden State Community College at their Cherokee Campus and to Wallace State in Dothan.

In 2014, started the Alabama poultry license plate to raise more money for scholarships and to help children and grandchildren of local producers no matter where they attend post-secondary education.

Led the efforts to raise money for the new Auburn University poultry research farm that is being built north of Auburn to replace the facility built in 1977 south of Auburn.