House of Raeford Farms of LA

House of Raeford Farms of LA operates a poultry slaughter and processing plant at 3867 2nd St., Hwy 80 West in Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. The establishment holds FSIS establishment numbers P19865 and V19865, with a grant of inspection dated March 19, 2019. FSIS lists its activities as poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and export certification, and classifies the plant in the large size category with a slaughter volume category of 5.0. The plant also does business under the names Columbia Farms, House of Raeford, and Raeford Farms of Louisiana. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The Arcadia site is described on the company website as the Arcadia, LA Complex within House of Raeford Farms, a vertically integrated chicken company. The company states that it raises its own birds and controls each step from hatcheries to feed mills to farms to plants, and that it has been focused on chicken for more than 60 years. Its corporate office is in Rose Hill, North Carolina, with company history traced to 1925, when Mary Sue Johnson began raising turkeys in her backyard.

Company sales and service channels described on the website are foodservice, retail, export, school nutrition, and a Foods Division handling further processed chicken sales. Plant-specific details for the Arcadia location, including hours, plant contacts beyond the listed phone number, and any local sales, are not on file beyond the federal record and the company-level website.

This is a large, vertically integrated poultry operation. The company states it raises its own birds through its hatcheries, feed mills, and farms, and FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment. Nothing in the sources describes custom slaughter, toll processing, booking procedures, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap for outside farmers or ranchers. Growers seeking information about the Arcadia, LA Complex would need to contact the company directly at (318) 263-9004 or through the corporate office in Rose Hill, North Carolina.

House of Raeford Farms of LA 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.

The company website promotes online pre-order chicken sales, described as pay in advance with staff loading the vehicle, and directs buyers to a posted schedule for those sales. The sources do not state whether pre-order sales take place at the Arcadia, Louisiana plant or at other company locations, and no retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, or shipping is described for this establishment. Company products otherwise reach consumers through retail and foodservice customers rather than direct plant sales, as listed.

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.