Tyson Foods has announced that it will invest $200 million to rebuild a rendering plant in Hanceville, AL. that was destroyed by fire in 2021. The projected date of completion of the proposed 120,000 square feet plant will be mid-2023.
Cullman County, the location of the plant, is a major chicken producing area. Prior to destruction the plant produced 750,000 tons of poultry by-product meal annually used for petfood and animal diets. The plant was the largest poultry rendering facility in the U.S. and probably the World.