BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.7B
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
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Poultry Processing: 311615
Recent Events
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Honor and appointments
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Tyson promotes from within for poultry, beef-and-pork leaders
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Tyson Veterans to Fill Executive Positions
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Tyson names execs for poultry, pork and beef units
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Tyson Foods Appoints Donnie King Senior Group VP Of Poultry And Prepared Foods - Quick...
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Tyson Foods TSN Approves $0.04 Per Share Dividend - Annual Yield 1.20%
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Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on charge, sales edge up
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Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEOSPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2009)
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Company veteran Donnie Smith gets top Tyson job
News & Analysis
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Fitch: International Growth Key for U.S. Protein Firms
- 2008-02-14
CHICAGO -- International markets are becoming increasingly important to protein processors, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. Increased export demand and expanded offshore operations have resulted in robust non-U.S. sales growth for these companies, which include Tyson Foods, Inc., Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Pilgrims Pride Corp. The...
Fitch: Higher Operating Costs Threaten U.S. Commodity Food Profits in 2008
- 2007-12-06
CHICAGO -- Commodity protein producers and processors; such as Tyson Foods, Inc. Tyson, Smithfield Foods, Inc. Smithfield, Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (Pilgrim's) and Hormel Foods Corp. Hormel, have been absorbing high feed grain costs in their production operations and higher live animal procurement costs in their processing businesses. Commodity fruits and...
Tyson enters renewable fuel arena
- 2007-08-01
Tyson Foods, Inc. (Springdale, Arkansas, USA) and Syntroleum Corporation (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA), a synthetic fuels technology company, announced at the end of June the formation of Dynamic Fuels LLC, which will produce synthetic fuels targeting the renewable diesel, jet, and military fuel markets.The 50:50 venture intends to construct and operate...
Meat sellers' stock falls as China restricts some imports
- 2007-07-17
Stocks of several major U.S. meat producers dropped Monday after news spread that China, citing safety concerns, had restricted some poultry and pork imports. But the impact is likely to be slight unless the restrictions are long-lived, expand or fall victim to increasing tensions between the...
Who's accountable for immigration violations: employers or illegal
- 2006-11-19
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Greg Van Etten, owner of Labor Pros, said he sees Hispanic immigrant workers come into his company's offices in Topeka, Olathe and Kansas City, Kan., every day hunting jobs. They come in, fill out application forms and show two...
Who's accountable for immigration violations: employers or illegal
- 2006-11-19
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Greg Van Etten, owner of Labor Pros, said he sees Hispanic immigrant workers come into his company's offices in Topeka, Olathe and Kansas City, Kan., every day hunting jobs. They come in, fill out application forms and show two...
Pilgrim's Pride bids $1 billion for Gold Kist
- 2006-08-21
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. said late Friday that it offered to purchase all the outstanding shares of Gold Kist Inc. for $1 billion, challenging Tyson Foods Inc. for primacy as the largest U.S. poultry processor. The deal is valued at $20 a share. The company would also assume Gold...
The good news
- 2006-06-26
THERE WAS ONE GOOD BIT OF trade news last week as Japan agreed to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports--well, after it sends people over to inspect meat processing plants. That could mean better days are ahead for beef producers such as Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale. ...
New National Hunger Relief Partnership to Launch in Nation's Capital
- 2006-05-05
News Advisory: -- New National Hunger Relief Partnership to Launch in Nation's Capital -- U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln to join with America's Second Harvest, Tyson Foods in making announcement WHAT: Next week, America's Second Harvest and Tyson Foods will announce a food donation totaling 6 million pounds of protein to...
Tyson Foods Inc
- 2005-12-19
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, in response to Japan's decision to lift its two-year ban on the import of U.S. beef, said, "While we're encouraged U.S. beef exports to Japan will resume soon, sales will be limited since Japan will only accept U.S. beef from cattle 20 months old or...
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