by - March 5, 2014 7:28 pm
Sitting pretty on fat balance sheets, the nation’s two largest chicken companies are it again, strategically planning to grow market share in the highly fragmented poultry industry. Tyson Foods is…
by - February 28, 2014 2:49 pm
Cobb-Vantress, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc., said it’s investing nearly $1 million in a three-year research collaboration with the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. Researchers hope to…
by - February 3, 2014 10:37 pm
The World Health Organization and Chinese authorities are investigating how three members of one family contracted the H7N9 avian influenza virus. There have been 192 confirmed human cases of the…
by - January 31, 2014 7:05 am
Fiscal first quarter net income for Springdale-based Tyson Foods was $254 million, well ahead of the $173 million in the first quarter of 2013 and outpacing the consensus Wall Street…
by - January 30, 2014 4:26 pm
Tyson Foods is expected to release healthy first quarter earnings of 64 cents a share on Friday (Jan. 31) ahead of the market opening. This would equal about $226 million…
by - January 10, 2014 10:23 pm
Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling about 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that may be contaminated with a Salmonella Heidelberg strain, officials said. "The products subject to recall bear…
by - January 9, 2014 12:16 pm
Tyson Foods sent a letter to its hog suppliers dated Jan. 8. that reflects a new set of animal welfare guidelines involving sow farm operations, including a shift away from…
by - January 6, 2014 12:38 pm
The holiday season is not usually the time when markets rally, but livestock expert Derrell Peel said 2013 was different. Peel, extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University, said…
by - December 30, 2013 5:36 pm
Recent talks between trade officials with the U.S. and China have spawned new optimism for relaxed export requirements that could mean good news for Tyson Foods and the U.S. beef…
by - December 17, 2013 5:47 pm
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Tyson Foods for four workplace violations in its Hutchison, Kan., facility following a June 17 accident. The meat giant faces $147,000…
by - November 18, 2013 7:06 am
This holiday season looks particularly bright for Tyson Foods’ execs who have earned fatter bonuses thanks to stellar fiscal 2013 results in a somewhat challenging operating climate. But more importantly,…
by - November 14, 2013 12:39 pm
Tyson Foods in conjunction with its joint venture partner, Godrej recently announced a new chicken product inside its India operations. The partnership introduced its “Real Good Chicken” brand priced at…
by - November 7, 2013 4:45 pm
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday (Nov. 7) that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) no longer belong on the list of ingredients generally recognized as safe. The agency has set…
by - November 5, 2013 2:03 pm
A three-year low price in corn this week is helping to fuel the competitive fires among Tyson Foods Inc. and other major chicken processors as they seek to gain marketshare…
by - September 27, 2013 9:14 pm
Arkansas was a big winner in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s additional poultry purchase program announced earlier this month. Tyson Foods and O.K. Foods garnered contracts for 66.12 million pounds…
by - September 12, 2013 10:28 pm
In the five years through 2013, revenue for China’s poultry farming industry has grown at an average annualized rate of 7.7% to $75.3 billion and two U.S. meat giants are…
by - September 4, 2013 8:27 pm
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday (Aug. 30) that it has cleared the way for some fully-cooked chicken and turkey to be exported from Chinese processors into the…
by - August 26, 2013 5:39 pm
Investors of Tyson Foods got cold feet on Monday (Aug. 26) amid concerns of steep production increases that will most certainly pressure poultry margins in the coming quarters. Shares of…
by - August 7, 2013 3:56 pm
The $150 million renewable fuels plant co-owned by Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corp. remains idle despite favorable operating conditions. The Dynamic Fuels venture in Geismar, La., takes chicken fat or…
by - August 5, 2013 6:57 am
Tyson management expects better food service demand, strong retail sales and improving international metrics to propel profits higher in 2014, building momentum in this last quarter of 2013. The meat…
