Wayne Farms LLC

The Albertville, Alabama plant at 700 McDonald Avenue operates under establishment numbers P1317 and V1317 in the name of Wayne Farms LLC, with doing-business-as names on file including Covington Farms, Sanderson Farms, Inc., Sanderson Farms, LLC, and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. FSIS lists the establishment for Poultry Processing, Poultry Slaughter, Voluntary Processing - Poultry, and Voluntary Slaughter - Poultry, with poultry reported as the species slaughtered under inspection. The grant of inspection date on file is April 21, 2021. FSIS classes the plant as Large and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest volume tier in the federal record shown here. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The corporate website describes Wayne-Sanderson Farms as the nation's third-largest poultry producer, formed from two poultry companies with roots in farm supply and feed manufacturing, and reports 23 processing and prepared-foods plants, more than 26,000 employees, and roughly 2,000 contracted family farmers across a footprint from North Carolina to Texas. The company lists retail brands including Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms, and foodservice brands including Wayne Farms, Platinum Harvest, Chef's Craft, Kosmic Krunch, Buffaloos, Fly'n Saucers, Crispy Fliers, and Harrison. The website material is company-wide and does not break out which products or lines are made at the Albertville establishment.

This is an industrial-scale poultry operation selling through retail and foodservice channels. The website describes customer care for orders, documentation, shipments, and broker relationships, and directs prospective growers and customers to contact company representatives. There is no retail store, farm-gate sales program, or custom slaughter service described in the sources on file. Details beyond the federal record and the corporate website are not yet on file.

The Albertville establishment reports no custom-exempt activity to FSIS, and no custom slaughter, cut-and-wrap, booking process, minimums, or fee schedule is described in the sources on file. Farmers looking to haul individual animals for processing will not find that service described here. The company website instead describes a contract broiler, breeder, and pullet grower program covering nearly 2,000 family farms, with support that includes a flock advisor, dedicated veterinarians, a technical services department, and training. The website states that about one third of its farmers are in Alabama, that 48 percent have grown for the company for 10 or more years, and that 24 percent are second generation or older. Growers are described as tending birds, tracking health and growth, following biosecurity practices, and maintaining poultry housing. The site notes there is no single defined way to partner and directs interested farmers to contact the company.

Wayne Farms LLC 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.

No retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering is described at the Albertville plant in the sources on file. Household buyers would encounter this plant's output through packaged chicken sold under company retail brands, which the website lists as Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms, and through foodservice channels. The website does not state which brands or products are produced at the Albertville establishment.

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.