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Wayne Farms to expand Mississippi facility

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The Associated Press

LAUREL, Miss. — Wayne Farms LLC says it will add a new processing line to its Laurel chicken processing plant, adding 150 jobs.

The company announced that it would invest $3 million in the project which will also renovate the company's existing facilities.

The state will channel $880,000 in federal community development money to help pay for infrastructure and renovations. The city of Laurel will add $100,000.

Wayne Farms, a unit of New York's Continental Grain Co., already employs 730 people in Laurel. The company is the sixth largest poultry producer in. . .

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