ROSE HILL, N.C. — House of Raeford Farms announces the retirement of Jim Mabe, complex manager for the company’s West Columbia, S.C., operation. Mabe has worked for the company since 1998 when House of Raeford purchased Columbia Farms Inc. and Columbia Farms of Georgia, which included West Columbia as well as the Greenville, S.C., complex.
As complex manager, Mabe oversaw the processing plant operation as well as live production out of Batesburg-Leesville and Monetta, S.C., including a hatchery, feed mill and relationships with contract farmers who raise chickens for House of Raeford. Mabe is a. . .