Posted on 05/14/2024 1:19:56 AM PDT by CFW
Timothy Bundren must have heard wrong.
The sun wasn’t up yet. He was still groggy from starting his morning routine of walking through chicken barns.
His phone rang and his contact with the global meat company headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, just two hours south of his farm, started telling him he would no longer be raising chickens.
Bundren, 52, didn’t believe him at first. Just hours later, he was supposed to meet with the bank about another loan to buy the farm down the road. Bundren waited an hour and then called the man back.
The news didn’t change, but the weight sunk in.
Tyson Foods closed four meatpacking plants that day in North Little Rock, Arkansas; Noel and Dexter, Missouri; and Corydon, Indiana. Bundren lives near the plants closed in Missouri and Arkansas. Because of this, the company canceled Bundren’s contract to raise broiler chickens.
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Tyson did not answer specific questions about the closures, its relationship with contract growers, or how many growers lost contracts due to these closures. In a statement emailed to Investigate Midwest, it said closing plants was not an easy move:
“Tyson Foods is proud to partner with a network of independent growers across the country, and we value the contribution that these growers make to our business. Closing plants is always a difficult decision, and we understand the impact it has on the people and businesses in those communities. We work to help our team members and partners through that transition, and Tyson Foods has provided affected growers with several options to honor our contractual commitments and allow growers to receive fair value.”
(Excerpt) Read more at missouriindependent.com ...
>> You will eat bugs and like it.
The hell I will. I will grow and raise my own food. And like it! 🤠
Chickens take 6 to 12 weeks to fully mature for processing, depending on the breed. I can and have slaughtered/processed one in minutes. Usually in large batches. I’ll time my next batch.
Ain’t the Global Warming fraud wonderful.
Tyson Foods closed four meatpacking plants in order to open insect packing plants staffed by illegals.
Date should read: January 20, 1969
Tyson Foods got busted a while back using illegal immigrants to run its plants. Recently it has been working with Biden to hire “asylum seekers” (illegal immigrants that Biden granted permission to get jobs). Conservatives found out about it, publicized it, and started a boycott.
Not defending Tyson, but is there a possibility of avian flu spreading?
Given todays uber-control by big EVERYTHING, the avian flu could be hyped up to scare meat processors to disinvest...
“Chickens take 28 days to slaughter”
28 days...
Bird flu...
28 days later...
Makes sense.
Proposed: They’re cutting liabilities before the release of the ‘24 Chinese bird flu pandemic. Preserves their insurance rates and assets before the govt. orders all chicken farms closed. Actuarials don’t mess around.
ChyNah.
“Tyson Foods closed four meatpacking plants in order to open insect packing plants staffed by illegals.”
Insects don’t catch bird flu.
bkmk
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The way the contracts are written, all the risk is on the producer.
He can’t just sell to someone else.
Though I wonder if the new ruling on non competes will factor in to this.
Update...
But this isn’t news.
Tyson has been doing it for decades.
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