Bowman & Landes Turkeys, Inc.

Bowman & Landes Turkeys, Inc. operates at 6490 E. Ross Rd in New Carlisle, Ohio, in Miami County. The plant holds establishment numbers M19232, P19232, and V19232, with a grant of inspection date on file of 2021-08-17. FSIS lists its activities as meat processing, poultry processing, and poultry slaughter, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection. The agency classes the establishment as small and places it in slaughter volume category 3.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported, and the plant reports retail-exempt sales.

According to the company website, turkeys have been raised on the Bowman & Landes family farm since 1948, with the family homestead dating to 1915. The site describes four generations of the family and three generations actively involved, and names Carl Bowman, Stan Landes, Steve Landes, and Anita Bowman Hamber as second generation owners and Drew Bowman, Dan Landes, and Jon Hamber as third generation owners. The website states the turkeys are raised free range with access to pasture, fed a vegetarian diet with no animal by-products, raised without antibiotics ever, and described as all natural and gluten free, with Non-GMO fed turkeys also offered. Grain, including corn, soybeans, and wheat, is grown, harvested, dried, and mixed on the farm.

The website says construction was completed in 2019 on a new 26,000 square foot USDA inspected meat facility able to produce both raw and cooked products, with cooler, freezer, and separate packaging rooms. Wholesale material states the facility is SQF certified and that products move through distributors and direct distribution, with private labeling available for select customers. The site also describes five solar arrays totaling over 960,000 kilowatts, a 2006 Miami County Soil and Water Cooperator of the Year Award, and a 2007 Ohio Environmental Stewardship Award for Poultry.

This establishment is a vertically integrated turkey farm rather than a service plant. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity, and the website describes turkeys raised on the farm and walked into the company's own USDA inspected harvesting plant. No custom slaughter, booking process, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap terms for outside livestock are stated in the sources. Farmers seeking processing work would need to contact the plant directly; the wholesale page offers a contact form for inquiries about raw and cooked production, packaging, and private labeling.

Bowman & Landes Turkeys, 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 website lists a retail store on the farm at 6490 E. Ross Road in New Carlisle, expanded in 2020 to roughly double the store space, and says it features local products alongside the company's turkey line. Online ordering is offered in two modes: pickup at the New Carlisle location, and shipping from the store directly to homes via FedEx for a selection of products. Listed prices on the shop page include free range whole turkey at $62.22 to $90.96, Non-GMO free range whole turkey at $85.29 to $108.05, whole smoked turkey at $97.86, and oven roasted whole turkey at $111.84. The site states fresh whole turkeys and turkey products are offered during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, while raw, cooked, and smoked turkey products are produced and distributed year round and can be found in food service establishments and retail stores in Ohio and the region. Halves, quarters, and bundles are not mentioned.

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.