Tyson Foods, Inc.

Tyson Foods, Inc. operates establishment P164 at 1225 Jack Lee Drive in Forest, Scott County, Mississippi. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing under a grant of inspection dated November 3, 2005, with alternate business names TSD Sales and Distribution, Tyson Farms, Inc., and Tyson Sales and Distribution, Inc. FSIS classifies the establishment as large and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest band in the FSIS scale. Poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The website on file is the corporate site for Tyson Foods, which describes the company as a multi-national protein-focused food company producing approximately 20 percent of the beef, pork and chicken in the United States, with roughly 133,000 team members as of February 2026 and fiscal year 2025 sales of 54 billion dollars. Brands named on the corporate site include Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, State Fair, IBP and Hillshire Snacking. The company describes itself as a protein supplier to national restaurant chains, schools, military bases, hospitals and nursing homes, and to club, grocery and discount retail channels. John Tyson, grandson of the founder, is identified as Chairman.

The corporate site does not publish plant-level information for the Forest location. Hours, retail sales, custom or private-label slaughter arrangements, live receiving procedures, grower contracting terms, and cut and wrap options are not stated in the sources on file. Details beyond the federal record and the corporate description are not yet on file for this establishment.

The federal record lists this establishment for poultry slaughter and poultry processing only, at large scale and in the highest FSIS slaughter volume category, and reports no custom-exempt activity. Nothing in the sources indicates that the plant takes in animals from independent farmers or ranchers on a custom or per-head basis. Booking procedures, live haul scheduling, grower contracting, minimums and fees are not stated in the sources on file. Producers should contact the company directly to confirm whether any arrangement is possible.

Tyson Foods, 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, farm store, bundle, delivery, shipping or online ordering is described for the Forest, Mississippi plant in the sources on file. The corporate site states that Tyson Foods sells chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods through club stores, grocery stores and discount stores under brands including Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells and State Fair, so household buyers would encounter the company's products at retail rather than 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.