Virgil Cooper started his turkey business back in 1938 with only 300 turkeys, mostly raising and selling them to his friends and neighbors. His business soon grew to include a turkey hatchery located in downtown Oakwood, Ohio.
His original hatchery is now the Cooper Community Library, and Cooper Farms’ new hatcheries are located just outside of town. Over the years, Virgil and Virginia’s three children Jim, Dianne and Gary have added much to the Cooper family business. Today the company includes two hatcheries, meat processing plants, egg processing plants, feed mills, and many helping hands raising our turkeys, hogs and chickens on our farms.