Perdue AgriBusiness Marks 25 Years of Innovation, Partnership & Growth at Chesapeake, VA Facility

Perdue AgriBusiness is celebrating 25 years of operations at its Chesapeake, Virginia facility, a site that has become a cornerstone of the company’s grain, oilseed, and logistics network and a vital partner to farmers across the Commonwealth.

Since opening its doors in 2000, the Chesapeake facility has grown into the only deepwater bulk grain terminal on the U.S. East Coast—and one of only two soy crush facilities on deep water in the United States. With grain storage, a soybean crush plant...

ShopRite Expands Fresh Prepared Chicken Offerings with Perdue Partnership

ShopRite's private label, Bowl & Basket, is teaming up with Perdue Farms to offer customers No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) prepared chicken in stores. Offerings include ready-to-eat NAE rotisserie chicken, roasted Oven-Stuffer chickens, whole roaster breast, fried chicken, chicken wings, and tenders.

“We know customers are looking for convenient, better-for-you options for mealtime without sacrificing great taste,” said Mark Van Buskirk, Group Vice President of Fresh for Wakefern Food Corp., the supermarket cooperative and merchandising and distribution arm...

Perdue AgriBusiness and Eion Ink First-Of-Its-Kind Carbon Removal Deal

Eion, a company turning the proven science of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) into a scalable climate solution, today announced a carbon insetting agreement with Perdue AgriBusiness, a subsidiary of Perdue Farms.

Through this deal, Perdue grain farmers will remove approximately 3,500 tons of CO2 by applying olivine—a naturally abundant mineral it has optimized to weather quickly on farmland across the Mid-Atlantic. Notably, this is the first instance in which a company is deploying an enhanced rock weathering solution within its own supply...

PERDUE® Is ‘Winging It’ With Wayne Brady During This Year's Big Game

Perdue® is taking this year’s Big Game viewing experience in an unexpected (and unpredictable) direction by combining the irresistible flavor of Perdue Air Fryer Ready ™ Crispy Wings with five-time Emmy Award-winner and two-time Grammy nominee, Wayne Brady.

Inspired by key game moments, commercials, commentary and requests from viewers and, of course, the mouthwatering goodness of Perdue Air Fryer Ready Crispy Wings, Brady will “wing it” to create songs, jokes, sketches and…who knows what else!

“Winging It” performances...

Perdue Farms Adopts "NestBorn" On-Farm Hatching Concept

Perdue Farms, a family owned fourth-generation U.S. food and agricultural company, has decided to incorporate the on-farm hatching concept “NestBorn” into their broiler production & supply chain. The adoption of this innovative & future-proof approach to hatch day-old chicks in broiler barns – instead of in hatcheries – perfectly fits into the company’s belief in responsible food and agriculture, and is aligned with its deep, long-standing commitments towards animal care and No Antibiotics Ever.

In the summer of 2023, a demonstration NestBorn Egg Placing Machine was placed into...

Perdue Farms Continues Support for North Carolina Center for Poultry Education Mission

Second-generation Perdue Farms poultry farmer Steven Brake is passionate about educating the next generation on where their food comes from and agriculture’s role in feeding the world. So much, that he created the North Carolina Center for Poultry Education (NCCPE) on his farm in 2019 in Pinetops, North Carolina.

To help Brake continue his mission to educate thousands of students and anyone else interested in understanding the processes involved in food production, Perdue Farms has invested $15,000 in the nonprofit Center for Poultry Education...

Perdue Champions New Standards For "Pasture-Raised" Labeling at Ninth Annual Animal Care Summit

The new labeling guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture redefines "pasture-raised" as chickens that spend the majority of their lives physically on pasture

Perdue Farms, a leader in animal care, no-antibiotics-ever and innovative regenerative farming practices, is setting a new standard for transparency in the poultry industry with its successful petition for a more accurate guideline to the "pasture-raised" label. Perdue's pioneering raising models, which align with the new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines...