US poultry producer Foster Farms plans to stop fresh turkey processing at its Turlock facility in California in May. The company said it was responding to “changes in market demand”.

Foster Farms in California's Central Valley announced in January that it is set to close its fresh turkey processing plant on May 9. The closure of its Turlock plant will result in the loss of ...

But the forethought doesn’t start with your freezer. Jared Stotts, owner of Stotts Turkey Farms in Loretto, said farming turkeys is a “long, drawn-out schedule,” and just one reason why ...

Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc. will close a turkey processing plant in Arkansas that employs 1,100 workers on Aug. 1 and shift ...

North Carolina’s poultry ... Farms now stand near the mountains, the coast and the state’s largest cities. The state’s largest ag industry raises more than 1 billion chickens and turkeys ...

Foster Farms remained family-owned until its 2022 purchase by Atlas Holdings of Greenwich, Connecticut. The new owner said at the time that workers would keep their jobs, about 12,000 in all. The ...

The May 9 closing of a former Butterball facility will idle 519 employees and is in response to market conditions.

and Foster Farms are closing ... influenza out of their turkey operations, which has raised costs for producers. The average wholesale price for frozen whole hen turkeys was 94 cents per pound ...

Foster Farms will close part of its turkey processing in Turlock and lay off 519 employees. The closure will take effect May 9 at the plant that handles fresh turkeys, the company said in a news ...