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Tyson Foods Inc.

(TSN) is in the Food Industry

Market Cap:$3.8B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$26.8B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1935, Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Company, we, us or our) are the worlds largest meat protein company and the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500 with one of the most recognized brand names in the food industry. We produce, distribute and market chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related allied products. Our operations are conducted in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods. Some of the key factors influencing our business are customer demand for our products; the ability to maintain and grow relationships with customers and introduce new and innovative products to the marketplace; accessibility of international markets; market prices for our products; the cost of live cattle and hogs, raw materials and grain; and operating efficiencies of our facilities. We operate a fully vertically integrated poultry production process. Our integrated operations consist of breeding stock, contract growers, feed production, processing, further-processing, transporting and marketing chicken and related allied products, including animal and pet food ingredients. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, Inc. (Cobb), we are the largest poultry breeding stock supplier in the world, supplying Tyson as well as a number of other poultry production companies. ...

Number of Employees 107,000

Contact Information

2210 W Oaklawn Dr

Springdale, Arkansas 72762-6900

tyson.com

(479) 290-4000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Poultry Processing: 311615

Company News

Recent Events

Tyson Foods Appoints Donnie King Senior Group VP Of Poultry And Prepared Foods - Quick...

12/04/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
Tyson Names New Leaders for Key Operating Units

12/04/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story
Tyson Foods TSN Approves $0.04 Per Share Dividend - Annual Yield 1.20%

11/23/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on beef charge

11/23/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on charge, sales edge up

12/01/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEOSPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2009)

11/22/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CEO - View Story
Company veteran Donnie Smith gets top Tyson job

11/20/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CEO - View Story
Tyson Foods posts loss on charge in beef business

11/23/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Tyson Foods' Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods Segments Generating Returns At or Above Expected Levels

12/03/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - President - View Story

News & Analysis

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The Daily Record News Briefs: October 29, 2008

- 2008-10-29

State laying off 40 workers State budget cuts will mean layoffs this week for 40 Maryland state employees. The filled jobs are among more than 800 mostly vacant positions eliminated because of this year's budget shortfall. Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration said the layoffs Wednesday will include more than...

Tags: Baltimore, FINANCE, financial, HEALTHCARE, JOHNSON, Maryland, SALES, software, Tyson Foods Inc.
Tyson Foods Inc

- 2008-06-09

Tyson Foods Inc. killed and buried 15,000 breeder hens found to be exposed to a low pathogenic strain of avian influenza. Preliminary tests on the flock indicated the presence of the avian influenza antibodies but found no indications of birds with the avian influenza virus. The situation does not posses...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, influenza, SOFTWARE, Tyson Foods Inc.
Somalis arrive in Emporia with tuberculosis

- 2007-11-25

By Mike Shields KHI NEWS SERVICE EMPORIA - When hundreds of Somali refugees began showing up to work at the meatpacking plant, nurses Lori Torres and Renee Hively were among the first to get to know the exotic, new arrivals. "We got notified a...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, job, SOFTWARE, Somalia, Tyson Foods Inc.
Stocks to Watch - ATK, TSN, SYNM, CYTR.

- 2007-06-25

M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2007-SmallCapReview: Stocks to Watch - ATK, TSN, SYNM, CYTRC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062007 Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) Closed at $23.07. Announced today that it is taking another strategic step in its quest to be a leader in ...

Tags: CytRx Corp., FDA, Government, HEALTHCARE, stock, Syntroleum Corp., Tyson Foods Inc.
Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition Applauds Tyson for Producing Fresh Chickens Without Antibiotics

- 2007-06-19

To: HEALTH EDITORSContact: Dan Klotz, +1-917-438-4613, cell: +1-347-307-2866, dklotz@mrssny.com, for Keep Antibiotics Working WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medical experts and heath advocates hailed today's announcement by Tyson Foods that in response to consumer demand its fresh chickens would be raised without antibiotics as another step in preserving the effectiveness...

Tags: antibiotics, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Tyson Foods Inc.

Tyson Family Gives $7.6 Million to UA

- 2005-05-23

Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc.'s patriarch Don Tyson and his family have donated $7.6 million to the University of Arkansas' Campaign for the Twenty-First Century.According to the university, $4 million of the gift will be used for academic support within the Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences; $1.6...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Manufacturing, Tyson Foods Inc.
'Healthy' Rivalry Helps Hearts

- 2005-04-25

PHILANTHROPYThe American Heart Association exceeded its fundraising goal by $62,000 at its recent annual Heart Walk. The organization set a goal of $240,000 and ended up with a total of $302,000 so far this year.The goal was reached in large part due to a little healthy competition between two of...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Tyson Foods Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
OK cattle producers wary of Canadian cows

- 2005-02-01

Oklahoma cattle producers would like to see the Canadian border opened once more to trade, but not if it results in a health hazard or unchecked stampede into U.S. markets, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association Executive Vice President Scott Dewald said. Dewald expects the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ban on...

Tags: Benefits, Canada, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Tyson Foods Inc., U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture
Originality, drive honored at 2004 Hot Concepts! Celebration

- 2004-06-14

Innovation, inspiration and passion ruled the night as a record-breaking crowd turned out to celebrate the 2004 Hot Concepts! winners and the 10th anniversary of the awards. About 400 past winners and industry professionals gathered with fun as the goal on May 23 at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Strategy, Tyson Foods Inc.
Robert L. Peterson, former chairman and CEO of IBP Inc., died at his home in Dakota Dunes, S.D., May 4 after a seven-month battle with cancer

- 2004-05-10

* Robert L. Peterson, former chairman and CEO of IBP Inc., died at his home in Dakota Dunes, S.D., May 4 after a seven-month battle with cancer. Tyson Foods Inc. bought IBP in 2001. Peterson, 71, was one of IBP's original cattle buyers when the company began in 1961. He...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, IBP Inc., SOFTWARE, Tyson Foods Inc.