Sanderson Farms Inc., Laurel, Miss., announced that it will register for possible future sale shares of its common and/or preferred stock at or below $1 billion.

Just days after Sanderson Farms said it will delay plans for a new plant in North Carolina, Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., said it will no longer build a poultry operation in northeastern Colorado.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it expects by October to sell the packing, feedyard and fertilizer assets of Lakeside Farm Industries Ltd.

Sanderson Farms Inc., Laurel, Miss., said it will spend $126.5 million to construct a new feed mill, hatchery and poultry processing plant in Kinston, N.C.