Agriculture Production

This course focuses on the basic technical aspects of poultry production. Topics include housing, growing contacts, heating and cooling, nutrition, economics, and poultry health. Upon course completion, students will be able to develop a poultry production and marketing plan. Students interested in transferring to Auburn University as a Poultry Science major should become familiar with the degree requirements at Auburn University (these are subject to change). Students in this program will complete their freshman and sophomore years at Wallace Community College and their junior and senior years at Auburn University, completing a bachelor’s degree in the high-demand field of Poultry Science.

This course concerns the importance of livestock to agriculture and to the nutrition of people.  Livestock terminology, selection, reproduction, nutrition, management, marketing, and species characteristics of beef cattle, swine, sheep, and horses are emphasized.