Billy Hargis

The company, which has licensed a line of vaccine innovations from the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture, is building offices, a research lab and a manufacturing plant in north Springdale. Its mission is to provide vaccine technologies to protect poultry, swine, ruminants, fish and, perhaps soon, people. read more >

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is researching ways to prevent or alleviate a defect called "woody breast" that has become more prevalent since 2014. read more >

The company expects the new facility to open in late 2022. read more >

The Poultry Science Lab for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, run by Billy Hargis, has already developed vaccines to battle several diseases in poultry. Now, Hargis says, a pharmaceutical company recently contacted him about producing a vaccine to combat mastitis in cattle. Mastitis is a potentially fatal udder disease in dairy cows. read more >

Researching the DNA of strawberries, blackberries and even poultry are examples of the Division of Agriculture’s attempts to improve the lot of Arkansas’ farmers or stock raisers. read more >