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The list of largest poultry slaughtering companies in Europe shows the largest companies of the poultry industry in Europe. The list comprises companies that are all slaughtering chicken and most of them additionally other poultry such as turkey and ducks. The companies are also active in meat processing and packing as well as the production of ...
Poultry companies (2 C, 45 P) E. Egg farming (7 P) O. Ostrich farming (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Poultry farming" ... Poultry feed; Poultry World; S.
Doux Group, founded in 1955 and headquartered in Châteaulin, Finistère , is a French food processing company in the industrial poultry production business, exporting poultry-based processed products. In 2014, it was ranked as the largest producer of poultry in Europe, and the third largest in the world. [2]
Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chickens are killed for consumption annually.
The company was founded in 1947 by D.R. Sanderson, Sr. [4] In 1961, the company merged with Miss Goldy’s Chicken company. [4] In 1987, it became a publicly-listed company. [4] In 2020, the company made more than $3.5 billion, processing more than 4.8 billion pounds of meat. [5] In 2021, the company employed more than 17,000 people. [5]
There were 2786 regulated chicken producers, generating farm cash receipts of $1.6 billion in 2005. Compared to other livestock sectors (i.e. beef, dairy, and pork), the poultry and egg industry was the healthiest with regards to total income for the average operator. [1] In 2005, total chicken slaughters were 973.9 million kilograms.
Founded by Bernard Matthews in 1950, it has 56 farms throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire farming nearly 7 million turkeys each year. [4] It also has poultry production operations in Derby and Sunderland. The company breeds and rears both indoor and free range turkeys on its farms, and is an integrated agricultural business.