aid: sanderson-farms
name: Sanderson Farms
description: >-
  Sanderson Farms was the third-largest poultry producer in the United States,
  producing over 13 million chickens per week before being acquired by a joint
  venture of Cargill and Continental Grain in 2022 to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms.
  Headquartered in Laurel, Mississippi, the company operated processing facilities
  across the southeastern United States and was a Fortune 1000 company. As a
  large-scale agricultural and food production enterprise, Sanderson Farms does
  not offer public developer APIs. The company focused on poultry processing,
  supply chain management, and food safety operations.
url: https://www.sanderson-farms.com
tags:
  - Agriculture
  - Food Production
  - Fortune 1000
  - Poultry
  - Supply Chain
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
apis: []
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/sanderson-farms-domain-security.yml
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sanderson-farms
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.sanderson-farms.com
    title: Sanderson Farms Website
  - type: Website
    url: https://waynesandersonfarms.com
    title: Wayne-Sanderson Farms (successor company)
  - type: Wikipedia
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanderson_Farms
    title: Sanderson Farms Wikipedia
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/sanderson-farms-vocabulary.yml
    title: Sanderson Farms Vocabulary
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com