Located in the coastal plain just east of Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council.

[2] The intention of the founders was to make the area near ancient Yavne (from which it takes its name) the site of a religious kibbutz and a yeshiva.

Most of Yavne's agricultural production is in field crops, fruit orchards, poultry, and dairy, all contained within approximately 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land.

Major industry located on the kibbutz includes olive and cucumber processing plants, the Adi watch factory,[3] and the largest chicken hatchery in the country (dispatching 600,000 chicks per day).

The kibbutz used to run a Jewish studies program preparing candidates for conversion to Judaism, but this is no longer available.