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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Agribusiness, agriculture, food industry |
Founded | 1965 |
Headquarters | Oakwood, Georgia |
Key people | Clint Rivers, President and CEO Courtney Fazekas, CFO |
Products | Poultry |
Revenue | US$1.5 billion (FY 2004) |
Number of employees | 9800 |
Parent | ContiGroup Companies (1965-2022) Wayne-Sanderson Farms (2022-present) |
Website | www |
Wayne Farms LLC is an American producer and processor of poultry based in Oakwood, Georgia.
As a subsidiary of ContiGroup, Wayne Farms operates hatcheries, feed mills, finishing farms, and processing facilities to supply poultry to retail and foodservice customers worldwide. Its 13 processing facilities span the southeast region of the United States with its corporate headquarters located in Oakwood, Georgia. Wayne Farms LLC sells fresh, frozen, boneless, and fully cooked poultry to retail and foodservice customers worldwide under the brands of Wayne Farms and Platinum Harvest.[citation needed]
On July 22, 2022, Wayne Farms merged with Sanderson Farms to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms. The new company is controlled by a joint venture between Cargill and Conti (also known as Continental Grain Co. or ContiGroup).[1]