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Simmons Foods Contractor Receives Oklahoma Approval for Growout Farm

03/07/2023

Lydia Cung a Simmons Food’s contractor recently announced that the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry approved the erection of a broiler growing farm in Mayes County, Oklahoma.  The farm will comprise six houses of 40,000 square feet with a total capacity of 325,000 birds. Broilers will be processed in the Simmons plant in Siloam Springs, AR

Simmons Foods is a party to litigation alleging contamination of waterways and soil as a result of intensive broiler production in Northwest Arkansas affecting the East Oklahoma watershed


 
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