Tyson Foods cut contracts with poultry farmers. Now the company is working to silence their legal fight.  - Investigate Midwest
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This story was updated Dec. 18, 2024, for clarification and to correct misspellings.  DEXTER, Missouri – On an early August morning in 2023, Shawn Hinkle received a call from one of his technicians at Tyson Foods who, through tears, told him the company’s plant in Dexter was shutting down.  Hundreds of jobs at the poultry […]

Missouri farmers accuse Tyson of colluding to keep competitors from buying shuttered plant, leaving them stranded with millions in debt.

  • blackfire@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t quite understand how Tyson couldprevent them from selling to a competitor if they closed their facility in area. Sounds massively anticompetitive and should be punished

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      2 months ago

      But Cal-Maine’s offer came with a catch: The farmers would have to agree not to sue Tyson Foods for any losses because of the plant closure, according to court filings.

      This sounds like an insane provision to me.