Tyson Foods to build $70M hatchery in Hope

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Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday it will spend $70 million on a new hatchery in Arkansas to serve two of its poultry production complexes in the southwestern part of the state, less than a week after it said it would close a plant in Van Buren and a second one in Virginia.Completion of the 131,000-square-foot hatchery in Hope is expected by late 2024. The new hatchery is expected to triple capacity and add to “operational efficiencies” at Tyson’s nearby processing operations in Hope in Hempstead County and Nashville in Howard County. In 2022, Tyson invested $67 million in its Hempstead County operations, including a feed mill, according to a release.

According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the current hatchery workers will provide the manpower for the new operation along with additional new hires, the company said in a release. The exact number of employees who will work at the completed hatchery was not available Monday afternoon.

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