Introducing USAPEEC members - poultry processors: Mountaire Farms

January 17, 2026

Mountaire Farms Inc. is a family-owned vertically integrated poultry company founded in 1914. Its manufacturing facilities are in Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina and Arkansas, and its products are sold under the Mountaire brand in regional, national and international markets. The company employs 10,243 people; in 2025, Forbes magazine named Mountaire Farms one of America's best employers.

In 2025, Mountaire Farms became the fourth largest U.S. chicken producer with the annual output of 1.58 million tons of broiler meat. The company's sales totaled $3.942 billion, up from $3.858 billion in 2024. 87% of the production volume is sold to the US market and 13% is exported. Mountaire Farms produces halal chicken products, supplies its products to 62 countries, and is one of the largest poultry meat exporters from the United States to Central Asia. The company operates 4 hatcheries, 6 feed mills, and 4 broiler slaughter and processing plants. The average live weight of one bird per slaughter is 4.05 kg.

Website: www.mountaire.com

Contacts: okovalev@mountaire.com, smendoza@mountare.com