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Tyson Foods releases COVID-19 test results at N.W. Arkansas facilities

Staff Edit - June 24, 2020

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods Inc. has announced the results of facility-wide testing for COVID-19 at its locations in Benton and Washington Counties, Ark.,...

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Delmarva chicken community supplies 9.4M meals in response to COVID-19

Staff Edit - June 19, 2020

GEORGETOWN, Del. — Through community sales at churches, fire halls and community centers, Delmarva's chicken companies acted quickly to provide 2.4 million pounds of...

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USDA issues first Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments

Staff Edit - June 8, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on June 4 announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already approved more than $545...

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Elanco notes efforts to ease global hunger

Staff Edit - June 2, 2020

GREENFIELD, Ind. — Elanco Animal Health Inc. has released its 2019 CSR Impact Report detailing measurable progress in helping change the trajectory of global...

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

Staff Edit - May 28, 2020

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

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

Staff Edit - May 21, 2020

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...

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Cobb-Vantress launches new biosecurity resource hub

Staff Edit - May 19, 2020

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

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Egg prices: Pandemic, panic and more

Staff Edit - May 14, 2020

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...

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South Carolina releases avian influenza control area

Staff Edit - May 13, 2020

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...

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Meatpackers cautiously reopen plants amid coronavirus fears

Staff Edit - May 6, 2020

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...

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

Staff Edit - April 28, 2020

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

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

Staff Edit - April 23, 2020

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

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