Foster Farms

Tyson Foods was established in 1935 with headquarters in Springdale, Ark. The company is one of the world s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork and is one of the largest food companies in the Fortune 500. The company produces a variety of protein-based and prepared food products, which are marketed under the Powered by Tyson strategy. Tyson is a recognized market leader in the retail and food service markets it serves, providing products and service to customers throughout the United States and more than 80 countries. The company has approximately 114,000 workers employed at more than 300 facilities and offices in the United States and throughout the world, including a location in Nashville, Ark.

Tyson Foods, founded in 1935, is one of the world's largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork. With a staff of more than 107,000 team members, the company provides a variety of protein-based and prepared food products. It serves retail and food service markets through over 300 offices in the United States and nearly 80 countries. The company s poultry food service unit offers oven-roasted chicken, wings, drummies and tenderloins. It provides ham and cooked bacon under the Tyson and Wright brands. Tyson Foods offers a line of handcrafted entr es for catering functions. Its subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, has joint ventures in Argentina, Brazil, China, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Spain and the United Kingdom. The company also offers luncheon meat, ham, sausage and hot dogs under the brand names of ITC, Wright Brand, Russer, Jordan s and Iowa Ham. Tyson Foods additionally supports several hunger relief campaigns and community activities.

More than 55 years ago, Keith Smith Company started selling hatching eggs in the back room of a local Hot Springs, Ark., warehouse. The company is one of the largest, independent producers of broiler hatching eggs in North America. It has grown not only to be an industry leader in the broiler hatching egg business, but also to diversify to meet the needs of the poultry business going on to both owned and operated pullet farms and feed mills. With no exposure to commercial operations or broiler processing plants and a limited amount of broilers and other breeders in the area, KSC minimizes the risk of exposure to other poultry operations and possible disease breakouts. With more than 1 million breeders in production, the company produces a volume of premium hatching eggs that allows it the flexibility to meet the needs of customers by breed, quality and quantity. Keith Smith Company is located in Hot Springs.