American meat processing company Tyson Foods has selected western Tennessee as the location of its new $300m chicken production complex. Tyson Foods had originally planned to construct the project in eastern Kansas, near Tonganoxie in ...
2 Sisters Food Group is planning to close its Smethwick poultry processing facility in the West Midlands, which could impact 630 jobs. The ageing poultry factory located at Bevan Way in the Alpha Business Park has considerable challenges ...
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Finnish food company Atria is entering Swedish poultry business by acquiring Lagerberg i Norjeby (Lagerbergs). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Through this deal, the company is purchasing the entire share ...
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Perdue Farms is growing over 50% of its chickens without using antibiotics of any kind, including human or animal, a move that comes after the company stopped using human antibiotics in chicken production. The human antibiotics are either ...
Tyson Foods, Inc. executives today told investors at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Agriculture Conference that its strong capital structure and sound business fundamentals have given the company a solid foundation for growth, ...
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The U.S. pork industry has started a slow expansion driven by lower feed costs, which should lead to more rapid growth of pork supplies in the latter half of this year, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. That could ...
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American meat producer Tyson Foods is reportedly considering the acquisition of egg distributor Michael Foods Group, owned by a private equity unit of Goldman Sachs Group. The deal, which is seen worth over $2bn, will help the two ...
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UK-based 2 Sisters Food has announced that it is evaluating the closure of a roast chicken plant at Haughley Park, Suffolk, England, a move which will result in about 630 job losses. This announcement comes after the company publicly ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 3/18/2013 2:51:40 PM Family-owned Foster Farms today announced last week that its fresh chicken products have earned humane certification from American Humane Association. The ...
US poultry group Sanderson Farms has indicated its first-quarter margins remained under continued pressure from high feed costs despite rising poultry market prices. The company said today (21 January) that net sales for the three months ...
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