Brand new Pikeville facility will benefit from Wilson’s education and experience.
Aviagen® North America welcomes Kasey Wilson as Feed Mill Manager for the company’s new feed processing facility in Pikeville, Tenn., effective March 1. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the production, quality, cost and safety of the facility.
Slated for opening in January of next year, the new feed mill will provide Aviagen’s
growing internal broiler breeding flocks with high-quality, pathogen-free feed. The
facility joins Sallisaw, Okla., and Athens, Ala., in the company’s fleet of highcapacity, biosecure and state-of-the-art feed processing facilities.
Wilson will report directly to Richard Obermeyer, Director of Feed Production.
Obermeyer explained that Wilson was chosen from a long list of candidates due to
his considerable expertise. “We are happy to welcome Kasey as our Feed Mill
Manager for the Pikeville feed processing facility. The modern feed mill is a highly
complex operation, and effective management requires a unique skill set. Kasey was
selected based on his qualifications, along with strong leadership, communication
and organizational abilities and enthusiasm for feed mill excellence.”
“I am excited to become part of the Aviagen family as manager of the innovative
Pikeville facility. Aviagen and I share a passion for bird health and welfare, which I
believe begins with nutritious, biosecure feed,” remarked Wilson. “My wife, children
and I look forward to becoming part of the Pikeville community, which has been
extremely warm and welcoming.”
About Kasey Wilson
After achieving a Bachelor of Feed Science Management at Kansas State University,
Wilson accepted a position as management trainee at Perdue Farms in Kentucky.
He quickly rose in the ranks at Perdue from trainee, to foreman, to supervisor to
manager at the Livermore, Ky., feed mill. He served at Perdue for 16 years total.
