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FILE - This Nov. 18, 2011 file photo shows a Tyson food product, in Montpelier, Vt. Tyson Foods President and CEO Dean Banks is leaving the poultry company for personal reasons, having served less than a year in the top post. The company said Wednesday, June 2, 2021, that Donnie King will succeed Banks, effective immediately. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
Tyson Foods CEO Banks leaving company; King named successor

By Michelle Chapman Jun. 02, 2021 09:42 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018 file photo, the logo for General Mills appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. General Mills is diving further into the red-hot pet food market, acquiring Tyson Foods’ pet treat business for $1.2 billion in cash, the companies said Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
General Mills dives deeper into the pet business

By Matt Ott May. 14, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a worker restocks chicken in the meat product section at a grocery store in Dallas. Rising prices for a variety of commodities are contributing to a jump in prices at the consumer level in 2021, with Americans paying more for meat, gasoline, items they keep in their homes and even the homes themselves. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Rising commodities costs hit Americans at home and on road

The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

In this image from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a Tyson employee walks into the team member entrance at the Berry Street location in Springdale, Ark., on April 20, 2021. A sign in their path reads "Social Distancing Required at all Times" written in English, Spanish and Marshallese. (Mary Hennigan/University of Arkansas via AP)
9,000 employees sick as COVID overwhelms Arkansas workplaces

By Mary Hennigan, Abby Zimmardi And Rachell Sanchez-Smith/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2001, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to Tyson Foods headquarters in Springdale, Ark. Tyson Foods says it is raising wages to combat absenteeism and worker turnover at its plants as U.S. demand for chicken soars. The Springdale, Arkansas-based company said Monday, May 10, 2021, that absentee rates are around 50% higher than they were before the pandemic. (AP Photo/April L. Brown, File)
Tyson raising pay to keep up as US chicken demand soars

By Dee-Ann Durbin May. 10, 2021 07:06 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2020, file photo, medical workers test a local resident at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Waterloo, Iowa. Newly released records show the State of Iowa deployed "strike teams" to conduct rapid on-site coronavirus testing at 17 businesses in 2020, including some of the state's most powerful pork and beef companies. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Powerful Iowa companies got state testing help, records show

By Ryan J. Foley Apr. 27, 2021 12:43 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 22, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 22, the 112th day of 2021. There are 253 days left in the year. Today’s...

A Tyson Foods team member receives a COVID-19 vaccine from health officials at the Joslin, Ill., facility on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. A growing number of companies and labor unions are directly securing coronavirus vaccines for their workers. Tyson also has expanded its on-site event to include eligible family members of employees. (John Konstantaras/AP Images for Tyson Foods)
A jab on the job: Companies, unions offer COVID-19 vaccines

By Alexandra Olson Apr. 19, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a Tyson Foods team member receives a COVID-19 vaccine at meatpacking plant in Wilkesboro, N.C. Meatpacking workers have started receiving coronavirus vaccines and thousands more will have a chance to get their first shots this week, offering some peace of mind in an industry that was ravaged by COVID-19 a year ago. (Melissa Melvin/AP Images for Tyson Foods, File)
Thousands of meatpacking workers to be vaccinated this week

By Josh Funk Mar. 01, 2021 05:23 PM EST

Carlos Mandez waits in line to fill his propane tanks Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Houston. Customers had to wait over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their tanks. Millions in Texas still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Widespread power outages, icy conditions hobble food supply

By Anne D'innocenzio And Mae Anderson Feb. 18, 2021 04:01 PM EST

FILE - In this May 1, 2020, file photo, a sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa. Hundreds of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus but the union that represents them says several hundred thousand more have not, despite the risks they continue to face at work. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner

By Josh Funk Feb. 13, 2021 09:08 AM EST

Meatpacking firms encouraging workers to get virus vaccine

Feb. 02, 2021 11:37 AM EST
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking companies and public health officials are trying to overcome any reluctance workers may have about coronavirus vaccines before...

FILE - This image taken from a May 19, 2020, video provided by Direct Action Everywhere, shows workers in Grundy County, Iowa, walking among carcasses and using bolt guns to kill pigs that remain alive after they had been exposed to heat in an effort to euthanize the animals. Matt Johnson, an activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere, had been scheduled to stand trial Monday, Feb. 1, 2020, in Grundy County, Iowa, on two counts of trespassing at Iowa Select Farms properties. County prosecutors dismissed the charges Thursday, Jan. 28 at the request of Iowa Select, whose personnel had been subpoenaed to testify. (Direct Action Everywhere via AP)
Charges dropped against activist who exposed Iowa hog deaths

By Ryan J. Foley Jan. 29, 2021 11:13 AM EST

FILE - In this May 2020, file photo, Tyson's Fresh Meat workers file in for a tour of safety measures put into place after the plant in Waterloo, Iowa, had to shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The family of a Tyson Foods employee are alleging in a lawsuit that he died from COVID-19 after the meat processing giant failed to implement safety protocols to guard against the coronavirus at the Iowa plant where he worked. (Brandon Pollock/The Courier via AP, File)
Fired Tyson boss says COVID office pool was a 'morale boost'

By Ryan J. Foley Dec. 28, 2020 12:58 PM EST

This May 20, 2020, photo provided by Smithfield Foods shows some of the measures the company says it has taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus inside its plants. Workers inside its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pork processing plant wear protective gear and are separated by plastic partitions as they carve up meat. (Photo courtesy Smithfield Foods via AP)
US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat

By Josh Funk And Tom Krisher Dec. 25, 2020 10:17 AM EST

FILE— The Big Moose Inn is seen Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, near Millinocket, Maine. The inn was the setting for an Aug. 7 wedding reception that has since been linked to numerous cases of the coronavirus, and several deaths. Plans for a lawsuit against the Maine venue that hosted what became a "super spreader" wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Businesses, lacking legal immunity, fear COVID-19 lawsuits

By David Sharp Dec. 20, 2020 08:24 AM EST

FILE - In this May 2020, file photo, Tyson's Fresh Meat workers file in for a tour of safety measures put into place after the plant in Waterloo, Iowa, had to shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The family of a Tyson Foods employee are alleging in a lawsuit that he died from COVID-19 after the meat processing giant failed to implement safety protocols to guard against the coronavirus at the Iowa plant where he worked. (Brandon Pollock/The Courier via AP, File)
Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting inquiry

By Ryan J. Foley Dec. 16, 2020 12:49 PM EST

Pastor Joshua Manning, of the Community Baptist Church, visits Gideon and the boy's family after hosting a weekly church food pantry, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, in Noel, Mo. This family is one of nine living and working in Noel as refugees from Myanmar. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith

By Luis Andres Henao, David Crary And Jessie Wardarski Dec. 09, 2020 09:06 AM EST

Angela Tucker hugs her 5-year-old granddaughter, Charley Jones, as they pray with their fellow congregants at Calvary of Neosho, a Southern Baptist church, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, in Neosho, Mo. Newton County, population 58,000, was recently hit by a surge of the coronavirus, with about 3,000 cases and 40 deaths in late November. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith

By Luis Andres Henao, David Crary And Jessie Wardarski Dec. 09, 2020 07:57 AM EST

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, a specialist works at his post on the trading floor, Monday Nov. 30, 2020, in New York. Companies in the S&P 500 reported that their earnings held up surprising well in the third-quarter despite an economy still struggling to recover from the virus pandemic. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP, File)
3Q earnings offer an unexpected light in pandemic darkness

By Damian J. Troise Dec. 03, 2020 10:10 AM EST