Cargill is closing a turkey processing plant in Arkansas this summer. Getty Images. Distributors and retailers who have spoken with Cargill officials say the company wants to exit the turkey market.

Cargill Inc. will shutter a turkey-processing plant in Arkansas, cutting about 1,100 jobs amid a downturn in both turkey and the broader agricultural sector.

Aug. 27—TURBOTVILLE — A proposed poultry processing plant at 53 Main St. has been temporarily shut down due to permit violations, said borough Manager Mileta Joe. The company, U.S.A. Poultry ...

Cargill has announced it will close its turkey processing complex in Springdale on August 1, ... Signs are displayed at the Cargill turkey processing plant in Springdale, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.

FILE – Cars sit parked at a Cargill Inc., turkey processing plant on Aug. 4, 2011, in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) ...

ITP's new owners, Turkey Valley Farms of Cannon Falls, Minn., announced Friday it is shifting operations to a former Heartland Foods turkey processing plant in Marshall, Minn., that has been idle ...