by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
USDA to Audit Tyson, Others
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale is among four meat packing companies that the U.S. Department Agriculture wants to audit.
Tag: Agriculture & Poultry
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Tops List of the Region’s Employers
With more than 23,000 employees in 2003, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville tops the list of the region’s employers.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Simmons Goes Back to Future
Thirty-one-year-old Todd Simmons is taking over many of the duties formerly held by CEO Buddy Pilgrim at Simmons Foods Inc.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Bumpers ?Laments? Not Running for President
The toughest decision Dale Bumpers ever made was not running for president of the United States. He talks about that and growing up in a new autobiography.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Childhood in Arkansas
The publisher wanted a book about what it was like to grow up in a small town in Arkansas during the Great Depression.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Agriculture Hall of Fame to Induct Five in March
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct five new members on March 7.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Dividends Give FCS Reason to Crow
The Fayetteville branch manager for Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas, Ken Knies has spent the last two weeks handing out patronage refund checks to his Washington County customers.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
New Proposal Tackles Phosphorus, Farmers
Three proposed state resolutions attempt to regulate farmers and their spread of litter ? one addresses allowable nutrient levels, another requires the state to educate farmers and a third calls for registration of poultry farms.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Chicken Traders Serve Niche in Industry
For an industry unsure of what to call itself, the business of brokering, trading, exporting and importing chicken sure has become a popular field for many Northwest Arkansas residents to pursue.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Which Bird Is It?
Although ConAgra officials would not say whether its plant in El Dorado was for sale, the suspicion is that it is.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Cargill To Sell Ozark Plant
Cargill Turkey Products, headquartered in Springdale, announced on Feb. 4 it would sell its integrated turkey production facility in Ozark to ConAgra Foods Inc. of Omaha, Neb.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Donates Plane to UA
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Feb. 5 gave a nine-passenger turboprop airplane to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Free-Trade Agreements Worry Poultry Industry
The chicken industry is keeping an eagle eye on what the United States government is doing with foreign free trade agreements.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
McKee Foods Tops Biggest Deals List
McKee Foods Corp.’s 180,000-SF expansion of its Little Debbie Snacks plant in Gentry tops the list of the region’s biggest deals of 2002.
by - December 9, 2002 12:00 am
Soy to the World
Soy Pectin Inc. and Agricultural Research Initiative Corp. are the two latest clients of the University of Arkansas? Genesis Technology Incubator.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Study Finds Importance of Agriculture in State
A study by a University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture publication found that agriculture is more important to Arkansas? economy than in any other state in the Southeast.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc.
Tyson Foods Inc. reported earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 28 at 24 cents a share, up from 22 cents from the same period in 2001. It credited gains from its IBP beef operations, which offset lower poultry sales and prices.
by - October 28, 2002 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Aids Active-Duty Employees
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale will provide differential pay for all of its employees called to active National Guard or military Reserve duty since Sept. 11, 2001.
by - October 28, 2002 12:00 am
Tyson Stock Unpredictable
The ongoing lawsuit by hog farmers against Tyson Foods Inc. and the misfortune of one of Tyson?s competitors has had shares of the Springdale company bouncing up and down over the last two months.
by - October 14, 2002 3:59 pm
Mitchell Named Top Exec at Awards Banquet
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal announces the winners of its annual Business of the Year awards.