Northern Pride, Inc.

Northern Pride, Inc. operates under USDA FSIS establishment numbers P425 and V425 at 401 Conley Avenue South in Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota. The federal record lists poultry slaughter, poultry processing, voluntary poultry slaughter, and export certification, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classes the plant as small and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0. The grant of inspection date on file is June 27, 1994. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes Northern Pride as a grower-owned cooperative turkey processing facility made up of 19 turkey growers and owners, with more than 35 years in business and a stated origin of grower ownership since 1989. The site states the plant processes approximately 50 million live pounds of turkey annually and more than 4,000,000 turkeys per year, employing over 200 people. Daily throughput is given as approximately 20,000 turkeys on the home page and approximately 25,000 turkeys on the About Us page. The website reports BRC certification and HACCP compliance, and says products are sold and distributed across the United States and to several foreign countries, consistent with the export certification activity on the federal record.

Products listed by the company include whole bird turkeys, bone-in breasts, ground turkey in chubs or bricks, turkey parts in trays or in bulk, and individually gift-boxed turkeys, available in conventional, NAE (No Antibiotics Ever), and organic varieties, and under the Northern Pride label, a customer private label, or with no label. The site directs inquiries to sales, human resources, and accounting contacts. Retail counter hours, on-farm pickup, custom slaughter terms, and direct-to-household sales are not described in the sources on file.

Northern Pride is described on its website as a grower-owned cooperative comprising 19 turkey growers and owners, and the plant is presented as processing turkeys for that ownership group and for wholesale, private label, and export customers. The federal record reports poultry slaughter and processing with no custom-exempt activity, so there is no indication in the sources that the plant takes in animals for individual custom slaughter and return to the owner. Growers interested in supply arrangements would need to contact the company directly; booking terms, minimums, fees, and cut and wrap details are not stated in the sources on file.

Northern Pride, 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.

The sources describe wholesale and private label sales to large and small retailers, distributors, exporters, and international customers, with turkeys and turkey products distributed across the United States and to several foreign countries. Turkey gift boxes are listed as a product. No retail counter, online store, home delivery, shipping to households, or bundle pricing is described 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.