Butterball to expand turkey production in Arkansas

HUNTSVILLE, Ark.—A North Carolina-based food manufacturer has announced plans to add at least 30 new turkey farms around River Valley.

Company officials say the expansion of Butterball LLC's turkey production facilities is needed to help the company keep pace with growing demand.

Most of the farms will be located within a 50-mile radius of Ozark and Altus, but company officials said they will consider pushing the expansion north to the Huntsville area. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that most of the farms will be owned and operated by contract poultry growers.

"We may do a handful of company-owned farms down in the Ozark area just because we need that expansion pretty quickly," Butterball head of live operations Walter Pelletier said. "Our preference would be all contract, but we may wind up doing three, four or even five company-owned farms just to facilitate getting those farms online quicker."

Read more: http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2016/sep/22/butterball-expand-turkey-production-arkansas/641412/

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