Industry poultry farming Number of employees 11,000+ Founder D.R. Sanderson | Revenue $2.77 billion Website www.sandersonfarms.com Founded 1947 | |
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Traded as NASDAQ: SAFMS&P 600 Component Stock price SAFM (NASDAQ) US$ 94.85 +0.13 (+0.14%)20 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer CEO Joe F. Sanderson Jr. (1 Nov 1989–) Subsidiaries Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division) Profiles | ||
Baby chicks ground up alive at sanderson farms hatchery
Sanderson Farms is the third largest poultry producer in the United States and produces 9.375 million chickens per week. It is the only Fortune 1000 company headquartered in Mississippi.
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History
The company was founded in Laurel, Mississippi in 1947 as Sanderson Brothers, a Purina seed and feed store.
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