
Additional production will be sourced from farms throughout Pennsylvania to strengthen the region’s agriculture industry.

In addition, the plant will incorporate supporting infrastructures such as a wastewater treatment plant, a rendering plant, a warehousing facility and a composting building.īell & Evans plans to source chickens from local farms located within a 60-minute drive from the facility. The new facility will have four processing lines, each capable of accommodating 600,000 birds a week. The new state-of-the-art chicken processing plant will have many of the same unique design features and operations of Bell & Evans’ recently completed 160,000ft² organic certified and humane animal welfare-focused chicken hatchery. Bell & Evans’ chicken processing facility details The site was purchased by Bell & Evans in 2014. The new 560,000ft² chicken processing plant is located at the company’s 112-acre multi-building complex in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Bell & Evans’ chicken harvesting facility location

The plant will also allow Bell & Evans to expand its organic line of products. The facility will help meet the growing demand for Bell & Evans’ whole and value-added chicken products, while also supporting the company’s retail and foodservice business. US-based chicken producer Bell & Evans has made an investment of more than $260m to develop a new poultry processing facility in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.Ī ground-breaking ceremony for the facility was held in November 2017, and completion is scheduled for early-2020. The new facility will be able to process 600,000 birds a week.

Credit: Bell&Evans.īell & Evans’ organic line of chicken products include chicken breasts, thighs, chicken nuggets and drumsticks. The new chicken harvesting plant will enable Bell & Evans to expand its organic line of products.
