Tyson Foods Inc. will invest $320 million in a new chicken-processing plant in northeastern Kansas employing 1,600 people so that it can keep up with a growing consumer demand for fresh poultry ...
Chicken consumption this year is estimated at 1.33 million tons and is forecast to reach 1.38 million tons in 2020. Moura said the plant will generate 1,000 direct and indirect jobs and will be ...
Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, ...