Columbia Farms of Georgia, Inc., an affiliate of House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Rose Hill, N.C., announced plans to construct a new $16 million chicken hatchery.
Although it reported a net loss during its first quarter ended March 28, 2010, poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, believes in a brighter future.
Indiana state officials say Tyson Foods, Inc. will expand its Corydon, Ind., chicken processing facility and relocate deboning lines from other Arkansas and Missouri operations to the Indiana plant.
The Monroe (La.) News-Star said a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved and finalized the $80 million sale of Pilgrim's Pride Corp.'s chicken processing plant in Farmerville, La.
The Associated Press reported that chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, will start procedures to possibly sell two more plants.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will close its Dalton, Ga., chicken processing plant within 60 days and consolidate production into the company's Chattanooga, Tenn., operation.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will idle three of its 32 U.S. chicken processing plants by mid-May as part of a corporate restructuring plan.
Tyson Foods Inc. expects this summer to complete as much as $17 million in capital improvements to boost production at its Cherokee, Iowa, deli meats plant.