Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Establishment P32182 is a poultry slaughter and processing plant at 700 Hwy 133 South in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia. FSIS lists the establishment under Sanderson Farms, Inc., with doing-business-as names including Covington Farms, Sanderson Farms, LLC, Wayne Farms LLC, and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. The federal record shows poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities, a size class of Large, a slaughter volume category of 5.0, and a grant of inspection date on file of September 15, 2020. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The website on file belongs to the parent company, Wayne-Sanderson Farms, rather than to this individual plant. That site describes a company formed from two poultry companies, operating 23 processing and prepared-foods plants, employing more than 26,000 people, and contracting with roughly 2,000 family farmers across a footprint reaching from North Carolina to Texas. It identifies the company as the nation's third-largest poultry producer. Company brands listed include Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, Covington Farms, Harrison, Kosmic Krunch, Buffaloos, Fly'n Saucers, Crispy Fliers, Platinum Harvest, Chef's Craft, and Wayne Farms, sold through retail and foodservice channels.

The corporate site does not describe a retail counter, custom slaughter for individual livestock owners, or plant-level services at the Moultrie location. Buyers and producers evaluating this site should treat the company material as corporate-level information. Details specific to this establishment beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

This plant reports no custom-exempt activity to FSIS, so it is not listed as a place where an individual owner can bring animals for personal-use processing. The parent company's website describes contract poultry farming instead: growers partner with Wayne-Sanderson Farms to raise broilers, breeders, or pullets, with support that the company describes as including a flock advisor, veterinarians, a technical services department, and training. The company reports 1,986 total farms, with about one third of its farmers in Alabama followed by Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arkansas, 48 percent farming with the company for 10 or more years, and 24 percent second generation or older. The company states there is no single defined way to partner and directs prospective growers to its contact page. No booking process, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap terms for outside animals are stated.

Sanderson Farms, Inc. 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, on-site sales, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering are described for the Moultrie plant in the sources. The parent company's products reach households through retail grocery and foodservice brands, including Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms. Consumers with questions are directed to the company's Customer Care contact page.

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.