Perdue Farms is set to close a chicken production plant in Monterey, Tennessee and will lay off more than 400 workers, the company confirmed to Agriculture Dive on Tuesday.

Learn more about the company's decision that came after a strategic business and financial review of the plant’s performance.

Several hundred workers at Perdue Farms will soon be without a job after the company announced on Thursday it is closing the Putnam County facility. Once one of the leading poultry producers in the country,

U.S. chicken producer Perdue Farms will permanently shut a Monterey, Tennessee, processing plant on March 28, eliminating jobs for 433 employees, the company said on Friday. It is the latest loss for poultry workers, with Tyson Foods having shuttered six U.S. chicken plants since 2023 after struggling to match production with consumer demand.

Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Tennessee that employs more than 430 people. In a news release Thursday, the company confirmed that the Monterey facility would close in late March. It said changes in market demand and how the company produces and supplies its products have affected the Monterey plant in

PUTNAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — Perdue Farms is closing their Monterey plant, the Putnam County mayor announced Thursday night. The closure will leave 433 employees out of a job. Randy Porter, the mayor of Putnam County, says the plant has been a part of Monterey and the county's economy for numerous years.

US chicken producer Perdue Farms will permanently shut a Monterey, Tennessee, processing plant on March 28, eliminating jobs for 433 employees, Reuters reported, citing the company on Friday.

MONTEREY, Tenn. — Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Tennessee that employs more than 430 people. In a news release Thursday, the company confirmed that the Monterey facility ...

Perdue Farms will close its Monterey, Tenn., chicken processing facility effective March 28, 2025, according to various local news reports. The shutdown is expected to result in more than 430 people losing their jobs at the plant.

The master developer of Century Farms has paid $7.05 million for a Percy Priest Lake-area property on which it is eyeing a mixed-use development.

JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.

Perdue Farms announced they would be closing their massive chicken processing plant in Monterey. All 433 employees will lose their jobs.