Record #:

5948

Author(s):

Roberts, Richard

Abstract:

Perdue Farms is a national leader in chicken production. Roberts discusses the history of the company and its planned move into northeastern North Carolina. The move will include 150growers tending 300 broiler houses. The company will construct a $1.5-million feed mill near Cofield, a $1-million office building and hatchery near Ahoskie, and a $6-million processing plant which will serve the seven-county area.

Source:

New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, June/July 1974, p18-19, 30, il

Subject(s):

Perdue Farms, Inc.; Poultry industry--North Carolina, Eastern