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FOURTH GENERATION FARM
sawmilling in the
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
By Jack Petree
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ilcox Family Farms, well-known as one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest and most successful producers
of egg products, is operated today by the fourth generation of the Wilcox family. The operation located
in Roy, Washington manages 1,500 acres of extensively timbered farm, a network of food processing
plants throughout the Northwest United States, an 800 cow dairy herd, and feed mills. Recently,
the annual $200 million dollar company celebrated its first century in business with
a complete restructuring of its business model by moving away from commodity
products and towards organic, cage free, and other value added egg products.

The move ultimately led to an entire life change for J.T. Wilcox who’d been
appointed Chief Financial Officer of Wilcox Farms in 2006. The one-time CFO
stepped down, bought a Wood-Mizer sawmill and turned his attention to add value to
sustainably harvested timber from the Wilcox family’s own forest.
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