The company said it will close the locations at the end of its fiscal year April 26.

TARGAN merges engineering and biology, utilizing the latest technology like artificial intelligence, machine learning and high-speed vision systems in its poultry systems.

Cargill purchased two case-ready meat plants in North Kingstown, R.I., and Camp Hill, Penn., from Infinity Meat Solutions, which were Ahold Delhaize USA’s subsidiaries.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services established the Central Virginia Poultry Cooperative, hoping to attract new poultry businesses to the area.

Twelve-time NBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Chris Paul, and three-time gold medalist and two-time world champion gymnast Aly Raisman have invested in the plant-based meat company. 

Tomahawk Processing plans to build a state-of-the-art, USDA-inspected processing plant that will provide beef processing and packing services. 

Hormel expects to stop the turkey harvest operation by the second quarter of fiscal 2024.

Even with the changes in the workforce, West Liberty said the reduction would not affect its plan to build a new turkey processing plant.

Currently six pork processing plants operate under the time-limited trial, allowing for line speeds above 1,106 head per hour.

The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development has recently been assisting employees affected by the Tyson Foods’ closings at the Dexter and Noel, Mo., plants with job fairs and other resources.