{"id":240081,"date":"2013-02-14T13:46:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=240081"},"modified":"2013-02-15T13:25:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T19:25:24","slug":"sanderson-farms-intends-to-expand-into-anderson-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=240081","title":{"rendered":"Sanderson Farms Intends to Expand into Anderson County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=240196\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-240196\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/02\/Sanderson-Farms-hatchery-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sanderson Farms hatchery\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-240196\" \/><\/a>PALESTINE \u2014 The City of Palestine and Anderson County were notified Thursday by Sanderson Farms of the company\u2019s intent to build a poultry complex in the region. The notification followed completion of the company\u2019s annual stockholders meeting. According to a news release from the city, Sanderson Farms plans to build three facilities in the area, two of which will be located in Anderson County and one in Freestone County. Officials say the company will invest approximately $92 million on the construction of a hatchery and processing plant that will be located in Anderson County and an additional $32 million on the feed mill in Freestone County. Once the hatchery and processing plant is open, the company expects to employ up to 1000 people. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is a long-term capital investment and will be the third complex of this nature built in Texas,\u201d said Wendy Ellis, economic development director for the City of Palestine Economic Development Corporation. \u201cSanderson Farms has a reputation for being an outstanding corporate partner wherever they are located. The leadership in Waco and McLennan County has enjoyed an outstanding relationship with them and has seen positive impacts in their area from the complex that was built there. Along with the relationship with Sanderson Farms, we look forward to putting together a collaborative effort with our neighbors in Freestone County to provide what the company needs to build in this area.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>State Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples of Palestine added, \u201cToday\u2019s announcement is another great success story that will have a profound impact on rural Texas. Sanderson Farms opening operations in Anderson and Freestone counties is welcome news for all of East Texas. This new facility will support invaluable new jobs and play an integral role in driving Texas\u2019 $100 billion agriculture industry. I thank Sanderson Farms for its vision and investment in the region and the economy of Texas. These kinds of forward-looking business decisions have helped Texas weather the national economic downturn and make us a leader in job growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A construction start date has not been selected at this time. Sanderson Farms, Anderson County, the City of Palestine, the Palestine Economic Development Corporation, and Freestone County are working together on the project and say they will have more information as it develops. For more information on the expansion project or the Palestine Economic Development Corporation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PalestineTexas.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.PalestineTexas.net<\/a> or call 903-729-4100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALESTINE \u2014 The City of Palestine and Anderson County were notified Thursday by Sanderson Farms of the company\u2019s intent to build a poultry complex in the region. The notification followed completion of the company\u2019s annual stockholders meeting. According to a news release from the city, Sanderson Farms plans to build three facilities in the area, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=240081\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sanderson Farms Intends to Expand into Anderson County<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 10:36:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240081"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240287,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240081\/revisions\/240287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}