Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, and TEVA Energy, LLC, Orlando, Fla., commissioned what is said to be the largest solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, Calif.
Colorado Premium, the Greeley, Colo.-based meat processing company serving retailers, restaurant chains and private label manufacturers worldwide, completed a $2 million expansion of its Denver facility.
Cargill Pork, Wichita, Kan., said it paid approximately $33 million to buy a 21,500-acre hog production site near Dalhart, Texas, from Premium Standard Farms LLC, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods.
The makers of BUBBA Burger, Bubba Foods, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., said it agreed to buy a meat processing plant in Hastings, Neb., from Armour-Eckrich Meats LLC.
Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., said that for the first time in its 119-year history, Hormel will market its entire its branded product portfolio in a unified campaign.
Citing southern market growth for case-ready beef and pork, Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it plans to shift some production from its Council Bluffs, Iowa, case-ready plant to facilities in Goodlettsville, Tenn., and Sherman, Texas.
Cincinnati-based John Morrell & Co. said today that it will permanently close its hog processing and fresh meat fabrication plant in Sioux City, Iowa, effective April 20, 2010.