Company
Perdue Farms, Inc.
Privately held American agribusiness company and one of the largest poultry producers in the US. Brands include Perdue, Coleman Natural, Niman Ranch.
Who owns it
No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.
1 further ownership link is recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so it is not shown here.
What’s documented
- 2026-03-09laborRelationsOn March 9, 2026, U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan (E.D.N.C.) rejected lawsuits Perdue Farms filed against the U.S. Department of Labor seeking to block whistleblower retaliation proceedings brought by contract poultry growers Craig Watts and Rudy Howell. Watts alleges retaliation after publicizing animal-welfare and food-safety concerns in 2014; Howell's complaint followed the 2020 termination of his grower contract.source →
- 2025-12-31lobbyingReported ~$240,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2025) on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (domestic/foreign); lobbied 2 government entities.source →
- 2025-06-01legalProceedingLegal Impact for Chickens, a non-profit law firm, advanced 2025 litigation against Perdue Farms suppliers and contract growers alleging cruelty to chickens raised under fast-growth genetics. The cases form part of a wider 2024-2025 effort to apply state animal-cruelty statutes to industrial poultry operations.source →
- 2025-01-15laborRelationsOn January 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced an agreement with Perdue Farms and a judgment against staffing agency Staff Management Solutions/SMX resolving findings that children as young as 13 were employed in hazardous jobs -- including operating electric knives and heat-sealing presses -- at Perdue's poultry processing facility in Accomac, Virginia, dating back to 2020.source →
- 2024-12-31lobbyingReported ~$100,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2024) on Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); lobbied 2 government entities.source →