Butterball, one of the largest producers of turkey products in the United States, announced that it is investing a combined $8.7 million and creating a total of 360 new jobs within three years in two processing facilities in Northwest Arkansas. The expansion includes a $4.7 million investment in Ozark where the company will create 160 jobs and a $4 million investment in Huntsville where it will create 200 new jobs.
Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative, Inc. (VPGC), Hinton, Va., announced plans to invest almost $62 million over the next three years to construct an 80,000-square-foot turkey processing facility in Hinton.
Cargill’s turkey agricultural team in California, Mo., reached 1.4 million work hours without a lost-time injury that covers a period of nearly five years.
Farbest Foods, Huntingburg, Ind., will begin production on Dec. 9 (a month ahead of schedule) on a fully automated, 227,000-square-foot turkey processing plant in Vincennes, Ind.
Farbest Foods, Huntingburg, Ind., began moving dirt in the Vincennes Industrial Park in Vincennes, Ind., for its new turkey processing plant. The 227,000-square-foot plant will initially employ 360 people, and is expected to begin production in January 2014.
