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Banks Takes Over as Tyson Foods President

Published November 7, 2019

Tyson Foods Board of Directors named independent board director Dean Banks as president of the company. Banks will report to CEO Noel White and oversee the company’s business segments. Banks will remain a member of the Tyson Foods board and…

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Tyson Plant Could Be Operational By January 2020

Published September 4, 2019

Tyson Foods says its Holcomb, Kansas plant, damaged by fire in August, is expected to be fully operational by January. Tyson Foods CEO Noel White says some beef processing has already resumed in a portion of the plant that was…

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Tyson Adds Ownership Role in Brazilian Company

Published September 2, 2019

Tyson Foods has agreed to purchase a 40 percent ownership stake in a Brazilian poultry company. Grupo Vibra currently exports poultry products to customers in more than 50 countries.

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USDA Looking into Beef Packer Margins

Published August 28, 2019

USDA is looking into a fire that damaged a Tyson beef processing plant in western Kansas. Recent beef packer margins are being investigated to determine if there’s been price manipulation or unfair practices.  In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…

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Beef Processing Plant Offline in the Near-Term

Published August 12, 2019

Tyson Foods plans to rebuild its beef processing plant in Holcomb, Kansas. The plant is shut down indefinitely after a fire partially destroyed the plant. This facility processes up to 6,000 head per day, representing more than five percent of…

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Tyson to Add New Processing Plant

Published May 13, 2019

Tyson Foods plans to build a new beef and pork processing plant at Salt Lake City. The $300 million facility won’t slaughter cattle or hogs, but will be used for further processing. The Tyson plant is expected to be open…

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R-CALF Sues “Big Four” Beef Packers

Published April 24, 2019

R-CALF USA, along with four ranchers from Iowa, Nebraska Kansas and Wyoming, have filed a class action lawsuit. The suit claims the nation’s four largest beef packers violated antitrust laws, depressing the price of purchased fed cattle by an average…

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Tyson Introduces Farm Beef Tracking System for Customers

Published March 14, 2019

Tyson Foods has announced a deal to use a DNA tracking system allowing customers to trace their meat products back to the farm. Tyson says it will use the tracking system in its Open Prairie Natural Angus Beef line to…

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Tyson Foods Report 1Q Financials

Published February 8, 2019

Tyson Foods is report first quarter net income of $552 million. That’s down from $1.6 billion one year ago. The sales volume for chicken increased, but the average prices declined. Beef sales volume declined, but export and domestic demand remains…

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Livestock Lost to Hurricane Florence

Published September 21, 2018

Recovery is underway in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence. The North Carolina Agriculture Department says 5,500 hogs and 3.4 million poultry have been lost. Sanderson Farms reports flooding from the hurricane has resulted in the loss of about 1.7 million…

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