After being offline due to power outages and other difficulties brought on by Hurricane Helene, the Wayne-Sanderson Farms plant in Moultrie, Georgia, is back in operation.
It was reported on October 1 that the facility “just got power back,” but it would be later in the week before production resumed.
A spokesman for the company has since informed WATT Global Media that sanitation procedures were carried out at the plant that day, and by mid-day on October 2, the plant had returned online.
The brunt of Wayne-Sanderson Farms’ hardships from Hurricane Helene was felt by its Moultrie operations, but the company’s operations in Pendergrass, Georgia, and Dobson, North Carolina, were also impacted by minor local flooding and minor damage to poultry houses. The company’s other locations across the southeastern United States were only “slightly impacted,” by the weather and were not forced to cease or limit operations.
The company is partnering with the Dobson community to collect relief supplies for storm victims in western North Carolina.
Pilgrim’s still has one plant offline
Pilgrim’s Pride earlier had two plants offline because of complications caused by Hurricane Helene, although the location of those two facilities has not been disclosed.
Production at one of those facilities resumed on September 30. However, as of the morning of October 3, the other plant remained idled, a company spokesperson confirmed.
Other U.S. poultry companies to have earlier reported hurricane-related plant disruptions include House of Raeford Farms and Claxton Poultry. All of House of Raeford’s plants were back in operation as of October 2. Claxton Poultry’s plant operations resumed on September 30.