by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: beef, cattle, Chicken, food, food recall, grocer, grocery, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, poultry, product recall, public safety, restaurant, stew
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Acadian Fine Foods LLC of Church Point, La., is recalling 17,000 pounds of pork and chicken stews because labels don’t list whey and soy as ingredients. Some people are allergic to those substances. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall Friday. The agency says the single-serving [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 23,2013
Tags: agriculture, Chicken, competition, farm, farmer, farming, feed, feed cost, food, input cost, market, overhead, poultry, producer
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The impact of last year’s drought on feed costs is not the only challenge poultry growers face in 2013. Production costs, expansion issues, waste regulations, competition from other meat sources and the next grain crop are major factors impacting the poultry industry this year. “Some of the corn produced last year had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: agriculture, bench, Chicken, court, crime, export, exporter, exporting, falsifying records, food, food safety, fraud, international trade, judge, justice, justicve, law, legal, poultry, sentencing
GULFPORT — A plea hearing has been rescheduled for a man indicted in an alleged conspiracy to falsify the temperatures of chicken exported from Mississippi to Russia. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. set a new plea date of May 20 for Terry White. White is one of three men indicted [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 2,2013
Tags: case, Chicken, crime, excporter, export, exporting, food, food safety, international market, law, legal, plea, poultry, trial
PASCAGOULA — Court records say a man is expected to plead guilty in an alleged conspiracy to falsify the temperatures of chicken exported from Mississippi to Russia. The April 2012 indictment says Gerald Miller, Patrick McLain and Terry White arranged the export of chicken that did not meet temperature requirements under a trade agreement with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 1,2013
Tags: agriculture, earnings, egg, food, manufacture, manufacturer, market, net income, poultry, publicly traded company, revenue, sales
JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. said today that its fiscal third-quarter net income climbed 17 percent, bolstered by increased selling prices and improved sales of specialty eggs. For the period ended March 2, the egg producer earned $30.6 million, or $1.27 per share. That compares with earnings of $26.1 million, or $1.09 per share, a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 12,2013
Tags: Chicken, death, fatality, fine, food, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, poultry, processing, processor, workplace safety
MOSELLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southern Hens Inc. with 43 safety and health violations following the death of a worker who slipped and fell into an unguarded screw conveyor while cleaning the conveyor at the company’s Moselle facility. OSHA initiated the inspection Sept. 9, 2012, in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 12,2013
Tags: advertising, athletics, Chicken, food, Golf, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, marketing, poultry, processor, professional sports, public relations, sponsor
LAUREL and MADISON — Sanderson Farms Inc. is the new title sponsor of the PGA tournament held annually at Annandale Golf Club in Madison. Mississippi’s only PGA event will now be known as the Sanderson Farms Championship. The Laurel-based poultry company is holding a news conference today at 10 a.m. at the Blair E. Batson [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: March 1,2013
Tags: agriculture, Andy Prosser, catfish, cotton, MDAC, peanuts, poultry, soybeans, sweet potatoes, timber
Agriculture remains the number one industry in Mississippi with one out of every four residents employed directly or indirectly in that industry. In terms of the state’s best cash crop economically, the production of chickens and eggs is our number one commodity, with soybeans at number two and forestry at number three. “Our economy is [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 1,2013
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, aquaculture, Extension Service, farm, farmer, farming, fish, forest, forester, forestry, higher education, livestock, piblic university, poultry, ranch, rancher, row crop, tree
VERONA — When agricultural producers speak, Mississippi State University listens. About 300 commodity producers, crop consultants and MSU representatives met recently at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona for the annual Producer Advisory Council meeting. The meeting has been held for more than half a century to give farmers the opportunity to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Chicken, costs, food, loss, market, poultry, price, processor, publicly traded company, revenue, sales
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. reports net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 were $595.8 million, compared with $517.8 million for the same period a year ago. For the quarter, the poultry company had a net loss of $6.9 million, or $0.31 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.0 million, or $0.36 [...] [...]