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West inducted into Hall

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:11:56 +0000

Fifty-one years after graduating from Mississippi State University, Coyt “Bud” West returned to his alma mater to be honored by the industry he served. On Nov. 17, West’s colleagues, friends, family, and MSU faculty and administration gathered at the university’s poultry science building to honor West as he was inducted into the Mississippi Poultry Association’s [...]

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Kemper’s coal

Amy McCullough — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:33 +0000

Mississippi Power finally had its way with the state’s Public Service Commission On June 3, regulators granted Mississippi Power Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build its $2.4-billion clean coal plant in Kemper County, on which the company broke ground last week. The approval came after extensive hearings in February, a conditional [...]

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Cal-Maine Foods Names New CEO

Amy McCullough — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:32:19 +0000

Source: Business Wire JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:CALM) announced Friday (Oct. 15) the election of Adolphus “Dolph” B. Baker as President and Chief Executive Officer at the Company’s Board of Director’s meeting held today. Baker will succeed Fred Adams, Jr., as Chief Executive Officer. Adams will continue in his current position as Chairman of [...]

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Poultry association: Kemper could cost jobs in Mississippi

Amy McCullough — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:00:42 +0000

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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Bowman inducted in Hall of Fame

MBJ Staff — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:00:28 +0000

As Mississippi’s poultry industry has grown into a leading economic engine, a few individuals have been honored for their role in steering the industry to prominence. The latest person to be honored is Van R. Bowman of Carthage, who has spent 50 years with several companies. The Mississippi Poultry Association inducted Bowman into its Mississippi [...]

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