Chicken processor Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., expects by April to complete a $2.1 million expansion at its corn dog processing facility in Demopolis, Ala.

Chicken giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said its board of directors named Don Jackson as the company's president and CEO.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, Dec. 1, reported the Associated Press.

Local news media reported that the Coffee County (Ala.) Commission granted a 10-year tax abatement to chicken processor Wayne Farms LLC, Oakwood, Ga.