Dec 12
After a visit to eastern Oklahoma Thursday to meet with individuals involved in the poultry industry and other local stakeholders, Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, is calling on those involved in the State of Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods case to return to the negotiating table and work toward a resolution. The lawsuit accused several …
Dec 03
Senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays spoke with Megan Langley, who—along with her husband Kyle—operate Egg Drop Farm in far northeastern Oklahoma. Langley joined other Oklahoma and Arkansas poultry growers at a meeting earlier this week in Bentonville to discuss the latest in the battle over chicken litter in the Illinois River Watershed. Langley explains …
Dec 02
More than a hundred poultry farmers from Arkansas and Oklahoma, as well as state legislators from both states, met Monday morning in Fayetteville at the Washington County Farm Bureau offices to discuss the recent decision by Tyson Foods to end contracts for poultry growers who live in the Illinois River watershed. Dan Wright, President of …
Oct 15
Pure Prairie Poultry declared bankruptcy and shut down with little notice, affecting workers at a processing plant in Iowa and contract growers in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Farmers Union says this has left farmers in dire straits, with thousands of birds to feed and no feed or compensation coming. The growers are reporting …
Feb 09
Oklahomans owe a debt of gratitude to a couple of state attorneys general whose combined efforts won a reprieve for the Illinois River and its tributaries. Former Attorney General Drew Edmondson prosecuted a lawsuit filed by the state against 13 Arkansas-based poultry companies. The four-term attorney general filed the case in 2005, oversaw a 52-day …
