Farm Systems, Inc. begins construction on new building

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - After a long journey to recovery due to a fire, a poultry store in Jones County is in the process of rebuilding its warehouse for customers.

Farm Systems, Inc. has been operating out of a small warehouse building since the fire that happened late last year, but now they are working on a new place to call home.

“Seeing this getting torn down from the fire was just a hard thing to watch,” said Anna Harrison, store manager.

The fire back in October was a major loss, causing them to completely tear down to rebuild.

“It made for a tough night and lots of tough hard days trying to clean up and dig out of the ashes and get ready to start back,” said Brian Phillips, general manager.

Managers said there was no definite cause of the fire.

Construction on the new building started just four days ago and workers have already made progress with the frame of the 27,000-square-foot building already standing.

The store is well-stocked with everything poultry producers might need for chicken houses.

The inventory in the warehouse building will be filled up back in the original building with even more items for purchase.

“What we’re working on now is getting fully functional back with what we call a one-stop shop store where we do sporting goods, poultry, hunting accessories, guns, ammo and clothing,” Harrison said.

Managers say they have been struggling getting customers to notice the open sign, but want them to know they are still here for their needs.

“We’ve added some signs by the road just to let everybody know that we’re here. been a little bit quieter, but we still try to keep on so we won’t lose any business,” Harrison said.

The store plans to open the new building at the beginning of August.

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