Poultry association: Kemper could cost jobs in Mississippi
by Amy McCullough
Published: September 19,2010
Tags: Kemper County, Mark Leggett, Mississippi Poultry Association
Last week the Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA) said that high electricity rates caused by the $2.4-billion Kemper County IGCC Plant could cause Mississippi to lose jobs in the poultry industry – the state’s largest agricultural industry with a $6 billion and 50,000-job state impact. “Our folks work on very small margins,” said Mark Leggett, association [...]
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