AR-News: (U.S.) poultry company looking for location

[Mary Finelli]

SANDERSON CONSIDERS LOCATING OPERATION IN SOUTH GEORGIA
Watt PoultryUSA, 3-29-04
http://www.wattnet.com/NewsRoom/ViewNews.cfm?PG=1&nwsNum=14431


Sanderson Farms, Inc., may locate an integrated poultry complex in Moultrie, 
Georgia, if it can determine there is enough interest in the area from 
growers. According to published reports, if Sanderson decides to begin 
operations in Moultrie, it will offer growers 15-year contracts unlike other 
poultry integrators in Georgia that offer flock-to-flock contracts. 
Sanderson needs about 100 contract growers to supply the operation, which 
will include a hatchery, feed mill and a processing plant that would create 
more than 1,700 jobs for the area. Georgia is one of three states being 
considered for the poultry complex. The company's management team has also 
looked at Alabama and South Carolina. Sanderson Farms' chairman and chief 
executive Joe Sanderson said last week that the company would make a 
decision in 30 to 60 days on where to locate the complex. The company's 
investment for the entire project will be about $187.7 million.

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