Wayne Farms LLC

Wayne Farms LLC operates establishment P1235 at 254 Ipsco Street in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection, and places it in the FSIS large size class. Its grant of inspection date on file is February 25, 2021. The slaughter volume category on file is 5.0, the top of the reported scale, which reflects a high-volume commercial operation rather than a small local kill floor. The establishment is recorded under several doing-business-as names, including Covington Farms, Sanderson Farms, Inc., Sanderson Farms, LLC, Wayne Farms LLC, and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The corporate website describes Wayne-Sanderson Farms as a company formed from two poultry companies with roots in farm supply and feed manufacturing, and as the nation's third-largest poultry producer, with more than 26,000 team members, about 2,000 family farmers, and 23 processing and prepared-foods plants across the southeast from North Carolina to Texas. The company markets nine fresh and prepared poultry brands through retail and foodservice channels. Retail brands named are Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms. Foodservice brands named are Wayne-Sanderson Farms, Wayne Farms, Harrison, Kosmic Krunch, Naked Truth, Buffaloos, Fly'n Saucers, Crispy Fliers, Platinum Harvest, and Chef's Craft.

The website is corporate in scope and does not describe operations, hours, tours, or sales specific to the Decatur plant at 254 Ipsco Street. Search results also reference other Wayne Farms addresses in Decatur, including a further-processing facility on Plugs Drive, which is a separate location from the address on the federal record for P1235. Details beyond the federal record and the company website are not yet on file for this establishment.

This establishment reports no custom-exempt activity to FSIS, and neither the federal record nor the website describes custom slaughter, cut and wrap, booking, minimums, or fees for individual livestock owners. The plant is a large-volume poultry operation, not a custom-exempt facility. The corporate website does describe a contract growing program: Wayne-Sanderson Farms states it partners with nearly 2,000 family farms across broilers, breeders, and pullets, that about one third of its farmers are in Alabama, that 48 percent have grown with the company for 10 or more years, and that contracted growers receive a flock advisor, veterinarians, a technical services department, and ongoing research and training. Growers tend the birds, track health and growth, follow biosecurity practices, and maintain poultry housing. Prospective growers are directed to the company contact page. Terms, pay structure, and house requirements are not stated.

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.

Household buyers will not find a retail counter, halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, or online ordering described for this address. The company website markets its poultry through retail and foodservice brands sold by customers rather than direct to consumers, and lists Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms as its retail brands. Whether any products are sold on site at the Decatur plant is not stated in the sources on file.

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.