by MBJ Staff Published: July 25,2012
Tags: agriculture, crop, email, farm, farmer, farming, livestock, lobbying, poultry, ranch, rancher, scam, scheme, theft, trade association, trade organization
JACKSON — The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation reports it has been made aware of emails circulating stating the recipient has been awarded a “$1,000 Visa Gift Card free of charge” from Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. This is not a legitimate communication from Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, and there is no such award program in place [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 19,2012
Tags: acquisition, Chicken, dairy, eggs, food, food processing, merger, poultry, processing, processor
JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire the commercial egg operations of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation. Terms were not disclosed. The assets to be purchased by Cal-Maine include two production complexes with capacity for approximately 1.4 million laying hens and adjacent land located near Pittsburg, Texas. The company expects to close the [...] [...]
ADAMS COUNTY and WARREN COUNTY — Tyson Foods, in partnership with the National Urban League, has launched a grassroots, community-based hunger awareness and relief program that will provide resources to Mississippi citizens impacted by food insecurity. Dubbed the Urban League-Tyson Foods Hunger Project Mississippi, Tyson and the League are targeting the state because it has [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 29,2012
Tags: agriculture, chickens, earnings, food, food processing, food processor, income, manufacturer, manufacturing, poultry, publicly traded company, revenue, sales
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. has reported results for its second fiscal quarter and six months ended April 30, 2012. Net sales for the second quarter were $595.0 million, compared with $479.3 million for the same period a year ago. Net income was $23.9 million, or $1.04 per share, compared with a net loss of $16.3 million, or $0.74 per [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2012
Tags: agriculture, branding, brands, chickens, cooperative, dairy, eggs, food, joint venture, licensing, poultry, retail
JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has formed a new joint venture between Eggland’s Best Inc., a New Jersey-based egg cooperative, and Land O’ Lakes Inc., a national farmer-owned cooperative based in Minnesota, to produce and sell branded specialty eggs. Pursuant to the terms of the transaction, Eggland’s Best has contributed certain assets, including its trademarks, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 1,2012
Tags: bench, chickens, courts, distribution, export, exporter, exporting, food, indictment, judges, judicial, judiciary, plea, poultry, shiopping
PASCAGOULA — Three men have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to falsify the temperatures of poultry exported to Russia from Pascagoula in 2009. The Sun Herald reports Terry White of Ocean Springs, Gerald Miller of Gautier and Patrick McClain of Pascagoula are free on unsecured bonds of $25,000 to await trial in U.S. District Court. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 11,2012
Tags: agriculture, chickens, duties, farmers, farms, federal government, free trade agreement, international trade, legislative, poultry, tariffs, trade
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are encouraging U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk to challenge new duties proposed by Mexico on imported U.S. poultry. Cochran and Wicker are among 16 Senators who last week sent a letter to Kirk that states the lawmakers’ concern with antidumping charges levied by Mexico [...] [...]
High feed prices and a decline in demand led to 2011 being one of the most challenging years Joe F. Sanderson Jr., 65, has seen in the 42 years he has worked at Sanderson Farms. So you might think that Sanderson would have thoughts of retirement on his mind. Instead, Sanderson is buoyed by news [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 7,2012
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, bees, cattle, chickens, colleges, commodities, cotton, crops, dairy, education, eggs, farmers, farms, forestry, fruits, goats, grain, grain sorghum, growers, herds, higher education, honey, horticulture, livestock, milk, nuts, pecans, poultry, research, rice, soybeans, specialty crops, sweet potatoes, trees, universities, wheat
ABERDEEN — Advocates for agriculture met recently at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona to identify priorities for research and Extension Service education programs at Mississippi State University. Scientists from the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, specialists with the MSU Extension Service and almost 250 members of the North Mississippi Producer [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 28,2012
Tags: agriculture, chickens, earnings, feed, food, food processing, food processor, investing, investment, investors, loss, manufacturer, manufacturing, market prices, poultry, profit, publicly traded company, revenues, sales
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc., for the first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, saw net sales of $517.8 million compared with $427.7 million for the same period a year ago. For the quarter, the poultry company had a net loss of $8.0 million, or $0.36 per share, compared with a net loss of $33.6 million, or [...] [...]
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