Farmers Pride, Inc.

Farmers Pride, Inc., doing business as Bell & Evans, operates a poultry plant at 2929 US Route 22 in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The establishment holds FSIS numbers P1304A and V1304A, with a grant of inspection date on file of May 27, 2020. FSIS lists its activities as poultry processing, voluntary processing of poultry, and voluntary slaughter of poultry, and classifies the plant in the large size category. Species detail is not reported to FSIS, and no custom-exempt activity is reported in the federal record.

The company website presents the operation as a branded chicken business. It describes chicken raised without antibiotics, 100 percent air chilled processing, humane standards, and organic chicken, and it promotes a redesigned retail package. The site states the company has been family owned and operated since 1894 and has been in poultry for four generations, referring to the Sechler family. A secondary business listing gives a founding year of 1947, so the two sources differ on the origin date; the website itself claims 1894.

The website is oriented toward consumers buying packaged chicken, with recipes, cooking blogs, coupons, and a virtual farm tour. Details a farmer or a household buyer would need for direct dealings with the plant, such as retail counter hours, custom or private-label slaughter arrangements, drop-off scheduling, or per-animal fees, are not stated in the sources on file. Status as listed; no source here indicates whether the plant is currently taking new work.

The Bell & Evans website is consumer facing and directs visitors to find products, view recipes and cooking blogs, and get coupons, along with a virtual tour of company farms. It describes chicken raised without antibiotics, 100 percent air chilled processing, humane standards, organic chicken, and a redesigned retail package. The sources do not state that the plant runs an on-site retail counter, sells halves or bundles, or offers delivery or online ordering direct from the establishment.

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.