Terry Anderson, COO Rose Acre Farms is the second largest egg producer in the United States[5] and employs more than 2,000 people.
[7] In 2018, Rose Acre Farms donated $200,000 for a new animal science complex on the nearby campus of Purdue University at Lafayette, Indiana.
[8] 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.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation found, among other things, numerous rodents in the manure pits below the battery cages.
[11] Former board chairman John Rust stepped down in favor of his brother and the company's CEO, Marcus, in September 2023, to focus on a campaign running for the US Senate.