Following the acquisition of Sanderson Farms the combined company, Wayne-Sanderson Farms, is undertaking a program of rationalization and consolidation to achieve efficiencies and synergy from the transaction.
On August 4th, the company announced that the Dobson, NC. hatchery will undergo a $1.3 million expansion and reorganization to accommodate gender-sorting of chicks. Pullet chicks will be delivered to an Alabama small-bird operation with the local complex placing males. The current output of the Dobson hatchery is 650,000 chicks per week. The project includes the erection of new offices, a breakroom and staff facilities with expansion of chick handling into existing space not used for incubation.