Cassie Jo Arend, a communications coordinator for Cooper Farms spoke during the weekly Rotary meeting today. Arend spoke about the ever changing agricultural business.
Arend gave compared today's farms with farms of the mid 1900s and showed that the $98 billion industry in Ohio is strong and continues to grow.
Cooper farms was started in 1938 by Virgel and Birginia Cooper and continues to be a family operated company to this day. What started as a hatchery grew to four divisions located in Van Wert, St. Henry, Ft. Recovery and Oakwood.
The company operates 27 farms in five counties and annual produces 15 million poults, 200,000 breader hens and 12,500 sows which produce 300,000 piglets.
The operation prides themselves on the quality of life they provide for their animals along with the quality of food they produce. Their production lines consist of special air purifiers that provide clean air and a virtually bacteria free environment.
Recently, the company constructed a 50,000 square foot facility in Van Wert and cooks 1.2 million pounds of turkey per week or 52.4 million pounds per year. 95 percent of their product is sold to a private label.
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