Golden Rod Broilers

Golden Rod Broilers operates a poultry slaughter and poultry processing plant at 2352 County Road 719 in Cullman, Alabama, under USDA FSIS establishment number P341. The federal record lists the plant's activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection, a small size class, and a slaughter volume category of 5.0. The grant of inspection date on file is September 10, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes Golden Rod Inc as a family-owned Alabama poultry company founded in 1957 and led by owner Bill Ingram, with Steve Smith as plant manager and Mitchell White as sales head. The site says the company partners with independent local hatcheries and grow-out farms to source live broilers, then handles slaughter, processing, and case-ready manufacturing before delivering fresh chicken to third-party buyers. It describes itself as a union-represented facility with roughly 400 to 450 local workers and notes a location just off I-65 between Huntsville and Birmingham. One page describing feed sourcing refers to supporting Nebraska and Iowa corn and soybean farmers, which does not match the company's stated Alabama footprint elsewhere on the same site.

The website presents the business as a wholesale and third-party supply operation serving processors and retailers. No retail store, farm-gate sales, custom or private-label slaughter for individual farmers, price list, or hours are stated in the sources. Details beyond the federal record and the company website are not yet on file.

The sources do not describe custom processing, booking, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap service for outside owners, and no custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS. The website states that Golden Rod sources live broilers through partnerships with independent local hatcheries and grow-out farms across the region and describes providing support and resources to farm families raising poultry, but it gives no terms for growers or for haulers bringing their own birds. A farmer interested in a grower relationship or in processing would need to contact the plant directly at (256) 734-0941 or through the contact form on the company website, which states a response within one business day.

Golden Rod Broilers operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

Nothing in the sources describes a retail counter, direct sales to households, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. The company describes itself as a third-party supplier to retailers and wholesale buyers, so its chicken would reach households through those retail customers rather than from the plant. Household buyers should not assume on-site sales are available.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.