Tractor Supply Company
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Tractor Supply Company is the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, and approximately half of its net sales come from animal feed and agricultural products (fencing, fertilizer, livestock equipment). The company sells live chicks seasonally through its "Chick Days" program in stores and year-round online, as well as live ducks, chickens, and other poultry shipped from hatchery partner facilities. Its product catalog includes livestock supplies, poultry feeders, waterers, coops, and animal health products. While individual live birds are low-cost items (a few dollars each), they function as a gateway to ongoing feed and equipment purchases. The company's business model is built on supporting and provisioning animal husbandry at the hobbyist and small-farm scale. A previous exclusion for animal_exploitation_meat was retired; this reassessment is under the broader animal_exploitation category given the company's direct sale of live animals and material revenue dependence on animal agriculture supply chain products.
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