Decatur / Arkansas / United States
Peterson Farms feed mill manufactures approximately 9,500 tons of finished feed per week and has a capacity of up to 12,000 tons per week. A fully integrated, privately owned poultry company with headquarters in Decatur, Ark., Peterson was founded in 1939 by Lloyd Peterson. The company is primarily known for its genetic research and its production of breeder poultry. Peterson Farms is also the parent company of a processing division, Peterson Gas, L&L Farms and Decatur General Store. The company has four hatcheries with a combined capacity to hatch more than 2 million eggs per week. These hatcheries allow the company to provide chicks to local growers who supply the processing division. Peterson Farms has more than 1,000 employees at its Decatur facility and more than 400 employees at its facility in Rogers, Ark.
