Rose Acre Farms

Rose Acre Farms is the second largest egg producer in the United States[4] and employs 2,000 people.[3] The company is based in Seymour, Indiana, and has facilities in Arizona, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Hawaii, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. Rose Acre Farms is one of several producers that annually donate approximately 30,000 hard boiled eggs to the U.S. government for use at the White House Easter Egg Roll.[5]

Rose Acre Farms, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryPoultry farming
FounderDavid Rust
HeadquartersSeymour, Indiana
Key people
Marcus Rust, CEO[1]
ProductsEggs
Revenue$608.74 million[2]
Number of employees
2,000[3]
WebsiteGoodEgg.com

In 2013 the company began a 30-year effort to refit its facilities to cage-free standards.[6]

In 2018, Rose Acre Farms donated $200,000 for a new animal science complex on the nearby campus of Purdue University at Lafayette, Indiana.[7]

In April 2018, Rose Acre Farms announced that, due to concerns over Salmonella, they would be voluntarily recalling more than 200 million eggs which originated at its facility in Hyde County, North Carolina. All recalled eggs were conventional eggs[8] from hens raised in battery cage facilities. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation found, among other things, numerous rodents in the manure pits below the battery cages.[9] It was the largest egg recall in the country since 2010.[10]

References
  1. "Rose Acre Farms, Inc.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "Rose Acre Farms Inc Company Profile". www.hoovers.com. D&B Hoovers. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. Breach, Chris. "Briefcase for March 28, 2018". Daily Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. Staff Writer. "Egg producer donates $200,000 to complex". The Republic. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. Hinton, Greg. "From the Farm to the White House, our Eggs are on a Roll". The Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. Kesmodel, David (March 11, 2015). "Latest Flap on Egg Farms: Whether to Go 'Cage-Free'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  7. Staff Writer (March 23, 2018). "Rose Acre Farms Contributes $200,000 To Purdue University Animal Science Complex". WBIW.
  8. Affairs, Office of Regulatory. "Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts - Rose Acre Farms Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Health Risk". www.fda.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  9. "FDA Investigation Report - Rose Acre Farms" (PDF).
  10. "200 million eggs recalled over salmonella fears". USA Today. April 14, 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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