Several people from Cumberland, Fentress and Putnam counties will lose their jobs by the end of March when Perdue Farms Co. closes its plant in Monterey, TN.

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US poultry group Perdue Farms plans to permanently shut down a factory in Monterey, Tennessee, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs. The closure, slated for 28 March, follows a "thorough strategic business and financial review of the plant’s performance and its future viability", the family-owned company said in a statement.

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SALISBURY, MD. — Perdue Farms announced its adoption of the “NestBorn” on-farm hatching concept into its broiler production and supply chain. This innovative approach to hatching day-old chicks in broiler farms instead of in hatcheries fits into the company’s commitments to animal care and No Antibiotics Ever.

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Perdue Farms will incorporate the NestBorn approach of hatching day-old chicks in broiler barns following successful tests of the technology in 2023. “In our mission to responsibly raise animals for food, we always are looking for continuous improvement of animal welfare,” said Bruce Stewart Brown, chief science officer for Perdue Farms.

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.

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Perdue Farms, a family owned fourth-generation US food and agricultural company, has decided to incorporate the on-farm hatching concept “NestBorn” into their broiler production and supply chain, according to a company-issued press release .