by - February 27, 2013 9:54 pm
Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest meat processor, says pending budget cuts or the so-called sequester threatens to disrupt its supply chain. Trade groups have been vocal about the impact on…
by - December 7, 2012 9:20 am
A language barrier is being blamed for the June 2011 chemical accident at Tyson Foods' Berry Street chicken processing plant in Springdale. Tyson Foods disputes the findings of a federal…
by - December 5, 2012 8:45 pm
With three large poultry companies located in Northwest Arkansas and another one just a few miles south in Fort Smith, concerns of drought and persistently higher grain costs have been…
by - November 25, 2012 7:24 pm
Regional political, business and civic leaders in Benton and Washington counties appear to speak the same language with respect to socio-economic development. It’s silly to think they read from the…
by - November 19, 2012 11:00 am
Tyson Foods' investors had much to be thankful for Monday morning (Nov. 19) as the meat giant’s stock price rose nearly 10% on an optimistic outlook for the next three…
by - October 19, 2012 3:47 pm
Gevo Inc., Syntroleum Inc. and Solazyme Inc. may be among a “small set” of biofuel producers vying for supply contracts from the U.S. Defense Department, the world’s largest consumer of…
by - October 5, 2012 11:43 pm
Archie Schaffer, born in Fort Smith and raised in Charleston, ended on Friday (Oct. 5) his last day as a full-time employee of Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. The end of…
by - September 19, 2012 2:14 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has received a $5 million commitment from the Tyson family and Tyson Foods, Inc., to establish the Tyson Scholars of American Art and the…
by - September 3, 2012 11:39 am
Russia barred imports of frozen boneless pork produced by a unit of Tyson Foods Inc. after laboratory tests found listeria in the meat, according to the national food-safety watchdog. The…
by - August 7, 2012 11:03 pm
Three of the largest poultry companies in Mexico won their battle to impose anti-dumping duties on U.S. competitors exporting leg quarters south of the border. From January through May of…
by - June 6, 2012 3:47 pm
Tyson Foods said Wednesday (June 6) the company plans to redeem all of the $810 million 10.5% unsecured bonds due March 2014. In doing so, the meat giant had to…
by - June 5, 2012 2:07 pm
The nation’s largest meat company, Tyson Foods Inc., confirmed Tuesday (June 5) that its Finney County, Kansas, beef plant has been temporarily removed from the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service…
by - May 30, 2012 5:19 pm
BLOOMBERG — Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat processor, was sued by Finland’s Neste Oil Oyj for infringing a patent on motor fuels made partly from chicken fat. Neste…
by - May 25, 2012 12:02 pm
Tyson Foods confirmed an ammonia leak in Madison, Neb. forced a plant evacuation and sent 40 workers to the hospital Thursday evening, May 24. "We're investigating the cause of an…
by - May 8, 2012 6:00 pm
On a day when major market indices lost ground, Tyson Foods shares (NYSE: TSN) gained another 3% in heavy trading Tuesday (May 8). Tyson shares closed at $19.24, rising 61…
by - May 8, 2012 2:23 pm
BLOOMBERG NEWS — Tyson Foods Inc. buys pigs from an Itoham Foods Inc. facility in Wyoming that keeps pregnant sows in undersized cages and abuses the animals, the Humane Society…
by - May 7, 2012 10:26 am
Tyson Foods benefited from higher meat pricing which pushed second quarter profits well past Wall Street expectations today (May 7). The Springdale-based protein giant pocketed $166 million in net income…
by - May 1, 2012 1:26 pm
More than 80 World War II veterans will visit memorials dedicated in their honor during a trip to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 5, as part of the fifth Northwest…
by - April 30, 2012 11:21 am
Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. won a class action lawsuit heard in an Iowa courtroom last week. A federal jury sided with the meat giant in a suit that alleged Tyson…
by - April 27, 2012 2:37 pm
As part of an effort to be the best-in-class protein supplier, Tyson Foods Inc. recently began work on a multi-million dollar improvement and expansion project at its poultry complex in…
