Cobb invests 14% of its sales revenue in the R&D and pedigree program annually as a long term global primary breeding company.

The company's R&D and pedigree breeding program has state-of-the-art facilities spread over four separate complexes in Missouri, Oklahoma and Kentucky. There are 4 large pedigree farms ranging in size from 600 to 3500 acres, 2 testing farms including 1 import facility, 4 pedigree hatcheries and a research hatchery representing a significant commitment to future effort in developing improvements to the company's breeding portfolio and worldwide business. A modern, multi-million dollar dedicated feed mill was commissioned to supply all pedigree, great grandparent and grandparent requirements in the Southwestern region of the US. The mill is designed to meet the most up to date quality and safety standards for protection against pathogen challenge such as Salmonella.

A cornerstone of the company's success is the adherence to strict internal bio-security and safety standards throughout all operations. Facilities are designed to accommodate the highest bio-security and safety standards to ensure consistent delivery of quality product to customers globally. Bio-security and safety know-how and experience gained internally is often passed onto customers as an added benefit of dealing with Cobb as a supplier of breeding stock.

The management team consists of 8 geneticists who have a combined experience of over 150 years in the poultry industry and who have been responsible for delivering improvements required to maintain industry leadership in the breeding industry. They have continued to improve the Cobb 500, the world's most successful broiler and maintain its position at the forefront of the industry. The management group is responsible for the direction of a team of 450 people in running the R&D and pedigree program.

As a leader in poultry breeding and genetic improvement, Cobb has invested in the advances of DNA technology or genomics to enable its team of geneticists to identify and select for the presence of individual genes and tie these to specific trait improvements in breeding stock. This allows genetic progress to proceed more rapidly and accurately and may pave the way for benefits such as increased natural resistance to disease or meat quality improvements.

Cobb's investment in genomics is for longer term improvements in breeding and mirrors its overall commitment to research and to the poultry industry.