The coronavirus pandemic’s perfect storm of consumer restrictions and impacts on staffing at processing plants have led to dramatic impacts in many corners of the Delaware farm industry. As restaurants, schools, large employers and event venues either voluntarily closed or were forced ...
SEAFORD – An upstart developer of microbe-based sustainable waste-processing plants has signed a 20-year agreement with Perdue Farms to process its organic material and purchased the major poultry processing company’s Sussex County AgriRecycle organic soil ...
Although Perdue leaves a considerable economic footprint on the state, it’s not the most visible company even in the Sussex County cities it has transformed. Drive through Milford or Georgetown, and you might not know ...
Agriculture — from farming to food production — has long been a mainstay of Delaware’s economy. It’s the state’s single largest land use, with just under 40 percent of land devoted to agricultural production. And ...
Perdue Farms, Perdue Foods and Perdue Agribusiness have more than 6,000 employees in Delaware, according to recent numbers from the company. Perdue also works with more than 500 poultry farmers and over 400 grain ...
(AP) — State environmental officials have fined Perdue Foods for multiple wastewater violations at a southern Delaware poultry processing plant. Officials said Friday that Perdue faces an administrative penalty of $77,300 and a $7,601 assessment ...
When it comes to consumers’ food choices throughout the United States, there is one consistent theme, and Perdue’s Andrea Staub knows what it is. “More than 82 percent of U.S. households regularly purchase some organic ...
The Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) recognized 11 outstanding chicken growers and four individuals for their work on behalf of the chicken industry at the 1,800-member trade association’s annual membership dinner on Tuesday. The J. Frank ...
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