As of 2005, Perdue Farms is the third-largest American producer of broilers “chickens for eating”, annually producing 59,320,000 pounds of ready-to-cook broiler meat, behind Tyson Foods and Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
In 2010 the corporate structure of Perdue Farms changed. A holding company, FPP Family Investments, Inc., owned by the Perdue family, became the controlling entity for Perdue Farms. The holding company also owns Perdue Agri Business, a grain operation; FPP Business Services, a shared business services company and Coleman Natural Foods.
Other subsidiaries include Heritage Breeders, LLC which is responsible for developing the breed used by Perdue, and developing other lines of stock for sale to other poultry companies; Venture Milling, which creates proteins for livestock; Perdue Fats and Proteins, LLC, which sells pet and animal feed ingredients; Perdue BioEnergy, LLC, which works in the field of renewable energies; and Perdue AgriRecycle which converts poultry litter into organic fertilizer products.
