Articles Tagged with ''poultry''

Tyson Foods creates venture fund to fuel the future of food

Tyson will make available $150 million to the fund, which has been named Tyson New Ventures LLC, to complement the company's continuing investments in innovation in fresh meats, poultry and prepared foods.
December 5, 2016
As part of its commitment to innovation and growth, Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., launched a venture capital fund focused on companies developing breakthrough technologies, business models and products to sustainably feed a growing world population.
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Cargill enters partnership with Japfa for poultry products in Indonesia

Cargill and Japfa will also work together to produce a new range of value-added consumer food products.
November 25, 2016
Cargill, Wichita, Kan., and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of agri-food company Japfa, entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and supply fully-cooked poultry products in Indonesia.
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World Poultry Foundation helps poultry farmers train their peers

The “train-the-trainer” program teaches local poultry farmers how to produce chickens more efficiently, with particular emphasis on improving biosecurity to help prevent the spread of disease.
October 21, 2016
The World Poultry Foundation (WPF), Stone Mountain, Ga., concluded the second phase of a landmark multi-year project to improve poultry and egg production in Ghana by teaching a small group of producers to train other producers.
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Cargill, Jollibee break ground on largest poultry processing plant in Philippines

The new joint venture, called Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production, Inc., is said to be the largest of its kind in the Philippines.
October 18, 2016
Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC), an Asian foodservice company based in the Philippines, and Cargill Philippines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., broke ground on a new poultry processing facility in Santo Tomas, Batangas, in the Philippines.
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Cargill, Jollibee Foods to build poultry processing facility

The partnership will create an estimated 1,000 new full-time jobs and develop new opportunities in the farming community in the Batangas and nearby provinces.
October 18, 2016
Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC), an Asian foodservice company based in the Philippines, and Cargill Philippines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., entered into an agreement to build and operate a poultry processing plant in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
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Texas Tech Center receives grant for retail meat surveillance program

Texas Tech will receive $700,000 to monitor beef, pork and poultry products for pathogens and antibiotic resistance.
September 21, 2016
Texas Tech University’s International Center for Food Industry Excellence (ICFIE), Lubbock, Texas, was selected as a National Surveillance Lab for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Retail Meat Surveillance Program through a competitive federal grant process.
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JBT to acquire Cooling and Applied Technologies

C.A.T. is a manufacturer of value-added food solutions, such as injection, margination, weighing, freezing and refrigeration systems and chillers, primarily for the poultry industry.
September 19, 2016
JBT Corp., Chicago, signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Cooling and Applied Technologies (C.A.T.), Inc. for $90 million.
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Tyson to expand NC cook plant

The $14 million project is expected to create as many as 75 jobs.
September 1, 2016
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., announced plans to improve a cook plant in Wilkesboro, N.C., to meet growing demand for its products.
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