Gerings end 44 years in chicken business

Dec 25, 2019 at 01:18 PM CST
Foster Farms will pick up about 35,000 chickens at the end of December from Maple Crest Farms in Ridgefield for one final time. Then farm owners Marvin and Diane Gering will retire after 44 years in the chicken business. The Gerings’ retirement will leave just three chicken farms in Clark County. Some 18 farms have existed at one time or another during the Gerings’ time in the business, none remaining in operation as long as the Gerings. When the Gerings purchased the farm at 21115 NE 10th Ave., Ridgefield, in 1975, the farm raised 15,000 chickens at a time. The number swelled to 65,000 and then 110,000 as the Gerings built more buildings and took over the operation of another farm nearby. Since 2007, the farm has produced 35,000 chickens every two months.

Dec 25, 2019 at 01:18 PM CST

Foster Farms will pick up about 35,000 chickens at the end of December from Maple Crest Farms in Ridgefield for one final time. Then farm owners Marvin and Diane Gering will retire after 44 years in the chicken business. The Gerings’ retirement will leave just three chicken farms in Clark County. Some 18 farms have existed at one time or another during the Gerings’ time in the business, none remaining in operation as long as the Gerings. When the Gerings purchased the farm at 21115 NE 10th Ave., Ridgefield, in 1975, the farm raised 15,000 chickens at a time. The number swelled to 65,000 and then 110,000 as the Gerings built more buildings and took over the operation of another farm nearby. Since 2007, the farm has produced 35,000 chickens every two months.