Amick Farms LLC.

Amick Farms LLC operates a poultry plant at 262 Speigner Rd. in Ward, South Carolina, in Saluda County, under FSIS establishment number P47016. The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection and a grant of inspection date on file of January 17, 2022. FSIS classifies the establishment as small in employment size class, while its reported slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest of the listed volume bands. No custom-exempt activity is reported, meaning the plant is not listed as doing custom slaughter or processing for individual owners of animals.

The company website describes Amick Farms as founded in 1941 in Batesburg, South Carolina, by A.D. "Chick" Amick, who began with one chicken house, a wood-fired wash pot and 500 baby chicks. Bill Amick took the business forward in 1972, and OSI Group acquired Amick Farms in August 2006. The site states the company now has more than 3,700 team members, more than 500 family farm partners, and four integrated poultry production complexes in Batesburg, South Carolina; Hurlock, Maryland; Laurel, Mississippi; and Ward, South Carolina. Its timeline lists the purchase of the Ward, South Carolina production facility and the Passell Farms feed mill in Orangeburg, South Carolina under the year 2026, while FSIS carries a grant of inspection date of January 17, 2022 for this address.

Amick Farms describes itself as vertically integrated, running hatcheries, feed mills and processing, and partnering with independent family farmers who raise broiler chickens. The website states products are distributed in more than 40 states to retail, foodservice and industrial markets, that annual output exceeds 1.4 billion pounds of chicken products, and that onsite USDA inspectors provide inspection oversight. Details specific to the Ward plant beyond the federal record and these company-level statements are not on file.

Amick Farms does not report custom-exempt slaughter or processing to FSIS, so this plant is not listed as a place to haul individual animals for personal cut and wrap. The company instead works with contract growers: its contact page invites pullet, breeder and broiler farm inquiries at chickenfarmer@amickfarms.com and crop inquiries for wheat, barley and corn at cropfarmer@amickfarms.com, and states that its facilities are in South Carolina, North Carolina and the Delmarva Peninsula. The website describes company animal welfare standards, veterinary-supervised antibiotic use in the conventional program, a No Antibiotics Ever program, and biosecurity requirements including limited farm visitors, vehicle washing and disinfection, footbaths and protective clothing. No booking process, fees, or scheduling terms for outside livestock are stated.

Amick Farms LLC. 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, bundles, halves or quarters, online ordering, or direct shipping to households is described in the sources. The website says Amick Farms chicken is distributed in more than 40 states through retail, foodservice and industrial channels, and invites prospective distributors to call or submit a contact form. Households looking for these products would find them through retail stores rather than at the plant, as listed.

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.