by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
Tags: agriculture, county government, economic devlopment, employment, food, food processing, jobs, land, maniufacturing, manufacturer, municipal government, peanuts, plant, property, sale
GREENWOOD — The city of Greenwood has joined Leflore County in agreeing to sell 30 acres in the Greenwood-Leflore Industrial Park at $5,000 per acre to a peanut processor. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the city council acted Tuesday on the sale of 30 acres to the Clint Williams Co. of Madill, Okla. The company has [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 7,2012
Tags: agriculture, county government, economic development, food, food processing, industrial park, industrial real estate, jobs, land, peanuts, property, real estate, sale
LEFLORE COUNTY — Leflore County has agreed to sell 30 acres in the Industrial Park at $5,000 per acre to the peanut processor Clint Williams Co. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the board of supervisors decided to use the money to pay part of Atmos Energy’s cost of installing a pipeline to the site. The company [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 10,2011
Tags: beef, cattle, courts, federal government, food, food processing, livestock, manufacturing, scam, scheme, state government
JACKSON — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a federal court to turn over grand jury records from the U.S. government’s investigation into the now-defunct beef plant as he prepares for a civil lawsuit. The beef plant opened in Oakland in August 2004 but lasted less than three months. In January 2005, the operator [...] [...]
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — Allens Inc., the largest privately held vegetable company in the U.S., announced upcoming expansions in Van Buren, Ark., and Oakfield, N.Y., and a new plant acquisition in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Texas acquisition provides a platform to continue to aggressively grow canned business in Texas, the Southwest and West. The Arkansas [...] [...]

LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. has made public plans to locate a potential new poultry complex near Goldsboro, N.C. The construction of the new complex is subject to various contingencies, including obtaining satisfactory state and local incentives, locating suitable property, obtaining necessary permits and the approval of the company’s lenders of an amendment to its [...] [...]
PONTOTOC — H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a global private equity investment firm based in Miami, announced that an affiliate has acquired Albertville Quality Foods (AQF) and Southern Quality Meats (SQM). Terms were not disclosed. AQF and SQM provide specialized further processing services for protein-based products. The companies specialize in poultry- and pork-based products, and focus on [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — Ed Johnson, CEO of the Delta Economic Development Center, announced that International Silica Technologies, LLC, (IST) has signed a letter of intent to co-site its initial StratoSil high-purity silica production facility with Producers Rice Mill (Producers) in Greenville. In addition to the new IST plant at the Producers rice mill, an associated off-site [...] [...]