Springdale, Ark. – July 13, 2017 – As part of Tyson Foods’ (NYSE: TSN) efforts to raise the world’s expectations for how much good food can do and its charitable focus on building healthier communities, healthier people and addressing food insecurity, the company announced today nearly $400,000 in community grants to 17 non-profit organizations in ten states.

ROGERS, Arkansas (June 16, 2017) – Phil Reese of Merial Select, Inc. was presented with the 2017 Salesmen of the Year (Live Side) Award by The Poultry Federation (TPF) the 58th Annual Poultry Festival held June 16-17 in Rogers, AR.

ROGERS, Arkansas (June 16, 2017) – Dwight Curl, Key Account Manager for Marel was presented with the 2017 Salesmen of the Year (Plant Side) Award by The Poultry Federation (TPF) the 58th Annual Poultry Festival held June 16-17 in Rogers, AR.

ROGERS, Arkansas (June 16, 2017) – The Poultry Federation (TPF) presented James Smith of Simmons Foods with the 2017 Industry Leader of the Year Award at the 58th Annual Poultry Festival held June 16-17 in Rogers, Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Garrett Atkins of Randolph County and Natasha Hightower of Indepence County won first place in the State 4-H Turkey and Broiler Barbecue Contest held as part of The Poultry Federation’s 58th Annual Poultry Festival in Rogers, Arkansas on June 17, 2017. Atkins was presented the Champion Turkey Division Award and Hightower the Champion Broiler Division Award by Marvin Childers, The Poultry Federation President.

May 22, 2017, Little Rock, AR - TPF Allied Industries member, The Vincit Group, has donated a crawfish cooker for the 58th Annual Poultry Festival raffle drawing.

May 22, 2017, Little Rock, AR - Wiese USA, has donated a Yamaha Cart 4 x 2 to the upcoming 58th Annual Poultry Festival raffle drawing.

OAKWOOD, Ga. – A groundbreaking ceremony was held May 18 to commemorate the beginning of construction on Wayne Farms’ new, $4.5 million Customer Innovation Center adjacent to the company’s prepared foods facility in Decatur, Alabama. Officials from Wayne Farms, a subsidiary of Continental Grain Co., were joined by local and state dignitaries at the construction site of the 15,000-sq.-ft. facility.

CAT Squared is proud to announce a new partnership with AIMMS, an award-winning vendor of Prescriptive Analytics software, and UniSoma, a leading provider of Advanced Planning solutions. The partnership will enable AIMMS, UniSoma and CAT Squared to provision prescriptive analytics applications for food processing and production companies.

May 16, 2017 - Select Genetics is pleased to announce that Doug High and Dr. Michelle Behl will work together as the Hatchery Support Team. John Sims, Aviagen Hatchery Specialist, will guide the team which will work with the company’s seven hatcheries to consistently provide quality poults to customers and to optimize hatch results.