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A Texas-based dairy company’s next project could be on 40 acres of land outside Watertown.Southern Dairy is considering ...
The project will increase capacity and product diversity and will support retention of more than 1,100 jobs; the work is ...
In the country that produces the most broiler (aka eating) chickens, one state rises above the rest in terms of production ...
The Arkansas-based poultry giant announced plans to close the facility on 13264 Mountain Road in March 2023. That included the loss of nearly 700 positions employed at the plant.
Workers in poultry plants don’t actually kill the chickens — that task is automated on what’s called the evisceration line, a conveyor belt that kills the chickens and removes their organs ...
The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy groups about worker health ...
On Thanksgiving Day in 2022, Valley Proteins, a rendering and animal processing plant in the area, caught fire. That plant was significantly smaller than Amick Farms, employing around 160 people.
Cargill's longtime turkey processing plant on Long St. in Springdale will close on Aug. 1. Springdale Chamber of Commerce president Bill Rogers calls it a sad day for his community.
The air chill plant, which has a processing capacity of 12,500 birds per hour, is currently operating on a single shift, processing as many as 100,000 birds daily.
VINELAND — A former poultry-processing plant here is in line for a second life as a marijuana-growing facility, although the new owners are facing a lot of renovations. The property, almost 7 ...
It’s not clear how the closure set for Jan. 31, 2025, will impact Tyson’s chicken processing facilities In Lancaster County near New Holland and its 800 workers there.
A North Iowa chicken processing plant is no longer seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but that doesn't mean its financial difficulties are over.