Wayne Farms LLC

Wayne Farms LLC operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 1020 County Road 114 in Jack, Alabama, in Coffee County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers P7485 and V7485, with a grant of inspection date on file of May 6, 2019. FSIS lists its activities as poultry slaughter, poultry processing, off-premise freezing of poultry, and export certification. The establishment is classified by FSIS as large, with a slaughter volume category of 5.0, and it reports poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The federal record lists the establishment under several doing-business-as names, including Covington Farms, Sanderson Farms, Inc., Sanderson Farms, LLC, Wayne Farms LLC, and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. The company website describes Wayne-Sanderson Farms as formed from two poultry companies with roots in farm supply and feed manufacturing, and as the nation's third-largest poultry producer, with 23 processing and prepared-foods plants, more than 26,000 employees, and roughly 2,000 contract family farmers across a footprint from North Carolina to Texas. The site states that about one third of its farmers are in Alabama.

The company website is corporate in scope and does not describe operations, hours, or services specific to the Jack, Alabama plant. Retail and foodservice brands listed include Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, Covington Farms, Wayne Farms, Harrison, Platinum Harvest, Chef's Craft, Kosmic Krunch, Buffaloos, Fly'n Saucers, and Crispy Fliers. Details beyond the federal record and these company-level statements are not yet on file for this location.

This is a large integrated poultry plant, not a custom-exempt processor. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, so it is not listed as a place to haul individually owned animals for personal-use processing. The company website instead describes contract poultry growing: it states it partners with nearly 2,000 family farms across broiler, breeder, and pullet operations, provides contracted growers with a flock advisor, veterinarians, a technical services department, and training, and says arrangements are flexible rather than standardized. Farmers interested in contract growing are directed to contact the company through its website. Specific contract terms, pay, or housing requirements are not stated in the sources.

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, farm store, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, or direct online ordering is described for the Jack, Alabama plant in the sources. The company website presents retail and foodservice brands sold through customers rather than direct-to-consumer sales, and points visitors to product catalogs and a customer contact form. Household buyers would encounter this plant's output through packaged retail brands such as Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms rather than by buying at the plant.

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.