House Of Raeford Farms

House of Raeford Farms operates a poultry plant at 3333 Highway 117 South in Rose Hill, Duplin County, North Carolina, under USDA FSIS establishment number P510. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing, classifies it in the large size category, and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest band shown in the directory. The grant of inspection date on file is March 20, 2013. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes House of Raeford Farms as a family-owned and family-operated business with five generations involved, tracing its start to 1925 when Mary Sue Johnson began raising turkeys in her backyard. The site says Rose Hill has been home to the company since the beginning, and that the company has grown for more than 60 years by focusing on freshness, quality, and fast delivery. It describes a vertically integrated operation covering hatcheries, feed mills, farms, and plants, and states that the company raises its own birds to produce a full line of chicken products.

Sales are organized into divisions for foodservice, retail, export, and school nutrition, with a Foods Division handling further processed chicken sales. Brands named on the site are House of Raeford, Speedy Bird, and Filet Of Chicken. The site also promotes online pre-order chicken sales with pay in advance and vehicle loading at pickup, directing buyers to a posted schedule. Details beyond the federal record and the company website are not on file.

The website advertises online pre-order chicken sales, described as paying in advance and having the order loaded into the buyer's vehicle at pickup, with an up-to-date schedule posted on the site. The company also lists a retail sales division. Prices, order minimums, pickup locations, and whether the Rose Hill plant itself handles these pickups are not stated in the sources. No retail store hours are published.

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.