Springdale, Ark. – April 12, 2018 – Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) has announced seven companies as winners in its thirteenth annual “Supplier of the Year” awards program. 

STATEWIDE, ARK. – The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Division will host annual Pullorum – Typhoid (PT) testing schools for commercial poultry producers and individual members of the public in April and May. 

SPRINGDALE, Ark. – As part of Tyson Foods’ recently announced goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030, the company has committed to support improved environmental practices on 2 million acres of corn by the end of 2020.

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) complied with rulemaking procedures while scrapping a rule that would have established animal welfare standards for organic livestock, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has ruled.

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) has released a second video in a series on companies with exemplary performance at water reclamation facilities, spotlighting Tyson Foods’ Russellville, Ark., operation.

The true cost of necrotic enteritis (NE) for the world’s poultry industry could be an astounding $US6 billion annually — three times a previous and widely used estimate, according to a report in World Poultry.

TOPEKA, KS — Gov. Jeff Colyer on Tuesday signed into a law a controversial bill that is aimed at luring large-scale poultry processors such as Tyson Foods to set up shop in Kansas.

To recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by Arkansas’s agriculture industry, Governor Hutchinson proclaimed March 20, 2018 as Arkansas Ag Day and presented the proclamation to Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward at a ceremony today at the Arkansas Agriculture Department headquarters.

Growers shouldn’t assume the disinfectants they use in footbaths are effective against avian influenza (AI), indicates a study from the University of California–Davis.¹

Kinco Constructors is pleased to announce that Adam Tullos has joined the company as preconstruction/senior project manager and Brian Byrd has joined the company as project manager. Adam is based out of the company’s Little Rock office and Brian is based out of the company’s Springdale office.

 Source: Kinco Constructors