Several large employers are located in Hertford County, including a privately run federal prison, Chowan University, a Nucor steel mill, several Perdue poultry processing facilities, an aluminum extrusion facility in Winton, and a lumber-processing facility in Ahoskie.
Their ads for Perdue Farms ("It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken") made Frank Perdue a household name and were named in the top 100 ad campaigns by Advertising Age.
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Perdue Farms developed a specialized chicken-feed that included marigold blossoms, which imparted a characteristic golden yellow hue to the skins of his chickens.