In 1947 D.R. Sanderson and his two sons founded a feed business that sold feed, fertilizer, seed, and other farm supplies to surrounding farms.
Today Sanderson Farms is the fourth-largest poultry-producer in the United States. The company contracts with 800 independent chick farmers and buys chicks from 190 breeders to be able to produce, process, sell, and distribute fresh, chill-pack, and frozen chicken which it sells to food distributors, retailers, restaurants, and food service operators in the United States.
Sanderson Farms trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SAFM, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #788 in the Fortune 1000, has 11,460 employees, and had $2.86 billion in revenue in 2014.
Sanderson FarmsIn 1947 D.R. Sanderson and his two sons founded a feed business that sold feed, fertilizer, seed, and other farm supplies to surrounding farms.
Today Sanderson Farms is the fourth-largest poultry-producer in the United States. The company contracts with 800 independent chick farmers and buys chicks from 190 breeders to be able to produce, process, sell, and distribute fresh, chill-pack, and frozen chicken which it sells to food distributors, retailers, restaurants, and food service operators in the United States.
Sanderson Farms trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SAFM, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #788 in the Fortune 1000, has 11,460 employees, and had $2.86 billion in revenue in 2014.