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Tyson partners with Axiom Medical to provide enhanced healthcare support for employees

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods Inc. announced on May 8 that it has partnered with Axiom Medical, a leading occupational health services and incident...

Tyson reports 570 test positive for COVID-19 at N.C. plant

SPRINGDALE, Ark.  — Tyson Foods Inc. has announced the results of facility-wide testing for COVID-19 at its Wilkesboro, N.C. poultry facility. Of the 2,244 team...

Cobb-Vantress launches new biosecurity resource hub

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — Cobb-Vantress' ability to achieve critical genetic progress relies on uncompromising biosecurity — a commitment Cobb has made for decades, the...

Egg prices: Pandemic, panic and more

Several factors led to the recent price spike By David B. Strickland Poultry Times editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com GAINESVILLE, Ga. — At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, several factors...

South Carolina releases avian influenza control area

Clemson University COLUMBIA, S.C.  — Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health has released the control area surrounding a Chesterfield County turkey farm that was struck in...

Meatpackers cautiously reopen plants amid coronavirus fears

The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening on May 4 after being shuttered...

Tyson Foods provides tour of plant facilities to Arkansas Department of Health

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods Inc. provided tours of two production plants in Northwest Arkansas on April 24 to state and federal health officials...

NIFA invests in rapid response research on COVID-19 impacts on agriculture

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced that it is investing in research on the impact...

USDA announces $19B coronavirus assistance program

WASHINGTON — On April 17 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new USDA program will take...

Wayne Farms implements COVID-19 operational changes

OAKWOOD, Ga. — The COVID-19 outbreak has created unprecedented levels of public interest and concern, unfortunately fueled by mainstream media reports containing factual errors,...

4 Georgia poultry workers dead from coronavirus

The Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. — Four employees of a major poultry producer’s operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the...

Tyson Foods commits $13M in COVID-19 relief

SPRINGDALE, Ark.  — Tyson Foods Inc. is committing $13 million to support critical needs in local communities where the company operates in response to...

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