by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times
Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.
Tag: Agriculture & Poultry
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Buffalo Back At Market
Diners looking for something different might be interested in the meat being reintroduced to the Berryville farmers market this summer.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson Value Added Wins Big In Market
Tyson Foods Inc. plans to target growth in sales of value-added products, increasing sales from that segment from 35 to 50 percent over the next three to five years.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Poultry Farms Bring Home Bacon
A Mena real estate agent creates a niche business by selling and brokering poultry farm deals in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Angus Queen Makes Jac?s Purebred King
Behind every successful cattleman, there?s a good heifer. At Jac?s Ranch in Bentonville, her name is Toreby Queen B903.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Firm Ups Byproduct Yield
All sorts of offbeat byproducts are hiding under Tyson Foods’ skins.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Farmers Co-ops Still Serve Cities
A one-time fixture on Arkansas ?Main Streets,? Farmers Cooperatives are now only in five Northwest Arkansas cities: Bentonville, Siloam Springs, Gentry, Van Buren and Fayetteville.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Okie Phosphorus Battle Tabled for the Moment
Arkansas officials agree that even the 10-year time frame to meet Oklahoma?s proposed phosphorus index is impossible.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Post Winery Has Five-Fold Production Increase Since ?80s
Production at the Post Familie Vineyards & Winery in Altus has increased by five fold since the 1980s to about 500,000 gallons in 2003.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Springdale Sale Barn Thrives
There are several competitors within a 140-mile radius, but the Springdale Sale Barn has still become the largest weekly livestock sale in Arkansas.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson To Take Old Store for Office
It looks like rennovations are underway on the 73,000-SF former Kmart building located at 2231 W. 6th Street in Fayetteville.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Threatens To Out-Walk Tyson
Corporate competition in the 2004 Northwest Arkansas American Heart Walk is already fierce.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
Clear Creek Tees Up Apartments, Course
John Tyson?s much anticipated development, Clear Creek Golf Club in Johnson, is making the final push toward completion.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Learning, Litter Might be Area?s Only Road Bumps
Litigation regarding public school funding and phosphorus runoff into the watershed might be the only two things to derail Northwest Arkansas? economic gravy train.
by - December 8, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Announces Wellness Office
Tyson Foods Inc. announced on Nov. 21 the formalization of an official Office of Animal Well-Being headed by veterinarian and animal welfare expert Kellye Pfalzgraf.
by - November 24, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson?s Earnings Up, Fiscal Profits Decline
Tyson Foods Inc. saw earnings jump by 42 percent for the fourth quarter, but earnings for the entire year were down.
by - November 24, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Partners With Canadians
Tyson Foods Inc. has joined Export Packers Co. Ltd. of Toronto to produce fully cooked chicken products for sale in Canada.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Poultry Processing Rules State Manufacturing Sect
Among the largest manufacturing firms in Arkansas, the top four overall have major operations in the Arkansas River Valley or Northwest Arkansas.
by - October 27, 2003 12:00 am
Garrison Rakes in $11.7 Million, But Might Be Underpaid by Comparison
While most people?s salaries are confidential, the compensation for top executives of publicly traded companies must be reported in the annual proxy statement for all shareholders to see.
by - October 13, 2003 12:00 am
New Sandwiches Serve Tyson Foods
Bradley Blum, CEO of Burger King Corp., appeared recently on CNBC?s ?Squawk Box? and discussed his company?s new international growth strategy which could benefit Tyson Foods Inc.