Abbyland Foods, Inc.

Abbyland Foods, Inc. operates under establishment numbers M1633, P17764, and V1633 at 508 E. Linden Street in Abbotsford, Marathon County, Wisconsin. The company's own materials give the mailing and office address as P.O. Box 69, 502 East Linden Street, Abbotsford. FSIS lists the plant's activities as meat processing, meat slaughter, poultry processing, and voluntary processing of meat, with cattle as the species slaughtered under inspection. The establishment is classified as large, with a slaughter volume category of 3.0, and the grant of inspection date on file is March 18, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

According to the company website, Harland Schraufnagel opened Abbyland Foods in Abbotsford on October 4, 1977 as a custom beef processing plant and retail store, later adding a sales force serving central Wisconsin retailers. The site states that by the end of 1979 the company had 12 employees and one refrigerated straight truck, and that today Abbyland, Inc. has over 1,000 employees across 8 divisions. Those divisions, as described on the site, include Abbyland Foods for cooked and smokehouse sausage products, Abbyland Specialty Meats for private label and co-packing, Abbyland Beef as a slaughter and boning operation supplying boneless beef, Abbyland Pork Pack as a slaughter and boning operation supplying pre-rigor pork, Abbyland Hot Wraps, 'Dem Bones pet treats, Curtiss Travel Center, Abbyland Trucking with 155 refrigerated semi-trailers, and a distribution center opened in 2013.

The website presents Abbyland as a wholesale and private label manufacturer rather than a direct-to-consumer operation. It states that Abbyland branded products are distributed through major regional warehouses, and its contact form routes inquiries to sales, nutrition and quality control, and co-packing. The site notes that Harland Schraufnagel was inducted into the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame in 2013. Details on current retail sales, custom booking, hours, or per-animal processing are not on file beyond what appears above.

The federal record lists cattle as the species slaughtered under inspection and reports no custom-exempt activity, so this establishment is not recorded with FSIS as doing custom-exempt work for individual owners. The company website describes the 1977 origin of the business as a custom beef processing plant, but current materials describe slaughter and boning operations supplying boneless beef and pre-rigor pork to the meat industry rather than custom kill-and-cut for farm customers. Booking procedures, minimums, fees, and cut and wrap terms are not stated in the sources. Farmers should call (715) 223-6386 to ask whether any custom or purchase arrangements exist, as listed.

Abbyland 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.

The website states that Abbyland branded products are distributed through major regional warehouses, and it directs where-to-buy questions to a sales email address. A retail counter, halves and quarters, freezer bundles, online ordering, and shipping to households are not described in the sources, although the company's history page notes a retail store at the 1977 founding. Households looking for Abbyland products would need to contact the company's sales division for current retail availability.

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.