During that time, she says, Cal-Maine has relied on MSU Extension to troubleshoot issues requiring outside observers or to receive help researching a poultry-related problem. Laster contacted MSU Extension to conduct an in-person visit and help review safety protocols. She went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in poultry science and food science from MSU in the 1990s. MSU Extension poultry specialist Jonathan Moon says Laster is one of many alumni of the university’s poultry science unit who are considered part of a family. Her son-in-law, Tyler Soignier, is the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station research and MSU Extension program manager based at the E.G.