Tyson to pay workers for time putting on gear
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale joins a short list of U.S. poultry producers that have agreed to pay hourly workers for the time it takes to put on protective g…
Stories by Laurie Whalen
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Mercy tags $90 million for NW Arkansas work
Mercy of Northwest Arkansas said it will shell out nearly $90 million on capital projects and equipment through 2018 as part of a community master plan to meet…
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Blazing summer hard on farmers
The Arkansas dairy industry is coming off a hot, dry summer that’s stressed hay crops while profits from strong milk prices are being eaten up by the higher pr…
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Turkey plant to close in West
Butterball LLC of Garner, N.C., said it will shutter a Colorado plant employing about 350 people on Dec. 31 to streamline operations and to counter high feed c…
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Retailer focus on helping women
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday added to its list of far-reaching initiatives when it announced a fiveyear effort to improve the economic plight of women acr…
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Cargill officials assessing restart
It remained unclear Monday when operation will resume at the Cargill plant in Springdale after the company halted ground turkey production Friday after meat sa…
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Calves head off to market early
Arkansas cattle producers in a normal year sell their spring-born calves in September, October or November as part of a “fall run.” The timing is linked to the…
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Poultry spat raises fear of export fee
The poultry industry in the United States fears a trade dispute with Mexico will reapply duties on exported chicken leg quarters if an accord is not met, offic…
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Chicken growers fighting the heat
Commercially raised chickens can take only so much heat.
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USA Truck shares slip 30% in a day
USA Truck Inc. shares fell 30 percent on Tuesday, a day after the Van Buren carrier said it will report a net loss in the third quarter because of software dif…
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Data-packed squiggles find spot in real-estate marketing
Real estate agent Anthony Clark sports a “QR” code on his name tag.
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USA Truck Inc. shifting gears, opting for web of shorter routes
Nearly 20 years ago, drivers with USA Truck Inc. logged 900-mile trips. Nowadays, shorter hauls of 500 miles are the norm as the carrier is moving more retail …
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Tyson adjusts poultry orders
A market glut of broiler chicken led Tyson Foods Inc. to reduce individual bird weight requirements and lengthen the amount of time between flock placements in…
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Exports help Tyson beat forecasts
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday reported third-quarter profits were helped by a weak U.S. dollar driving cheaper exports, but hurt, in part, by an inc…
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Animal welfare is focus of center
The new Center for Food Animal Well Being at the University of Arkansas hopes to be a “voice” for animal production issues.
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P.A.M. reports profit in quarter
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. on Wednesday reported positive secondquarter net income and said it continued purchasing trucks and hiring drivers.
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State’s output of milk declines
Cows gave less milk during the second quarter in part because of June’s hot weather and dietary changes, industry experts said Tuesday.
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Surplus ruffling poultry industry
The poultry industry continued taking steps in recent weeks to correct an oversupply of so-called broiler meat production.
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Agency collects data on truckers
Over the next two months, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will collect and evaluate safety data from Mexican trucks as it seeks to reopen U.S. …
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J.B. Hunt reports 26% profit jump
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. on Thursday pointed to highway-to-rail freight services and new accounts as reasons for a boost in performance in the second …
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Firm hopes stun method will ruffle fewer feathers
Birds waiting to be slaughtered at the O.K. Industries plant on Sixth Street are “irreversibly stunned” before entering the processor’s automated line, where w…
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Siloam Springs to lose 223 jobs
Simmons Foods Inc. said 223 jobs at its Siloam Springs slaughtering plant will be eliminated by August with remaining production shifted to its neighboring Dec…
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Fort Smith losing 250 Rheem jobs
Rheem Manufacturing Co. is shifting 250 jobs at its Fort Smith operation to Mexico, the Atlanta-based business said Thursday.
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Wal-Mart wins class-action ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. when it denied class-action status to a group that could have numbered more than 1.5 mi…
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FDIC sues failed bank’s insurer
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing a Minnesota insurance company in an attempt to collect $10 million on behalf of depositors and creditors of ANB Fi…
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Experts: Consumers in Fort Smith region leery about economy
Economic data from the January through-March period pointed to a recovering economy but consumers in the region held on to “subdued expectations,” University o…
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Trucker hints at pension answer
Representatives for the less-than-truckload industry say a solution to underfunded pensions for union employees is in the works.
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2 Wal-Mart Express stores open
Shoppers have only eleven aisles to stroll up and down at the Wal-Mart Express — a new compact format for the world’s largest retailer.
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Prices fall in report on homes
Home prices in Northwest Arkansas’ two most-populous counties fell in December through February, but building activity showed signs of stabilizing, according t…
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Devices to track big rigs lauded
Mobile technology representatives Thursday touted the benefits of using tracking devices in 18-wheel trucks as the industry prepares for regulatory changes re…
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Farmers markets try to reap food stamps
Some farmers markets across the state will be receiving technology to help them tap the average $58.19 million of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ben…
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Stock’s record cheers meeting
The price of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. stock was called record-breaking Thursday at the company’s 50th annual shareholders meeting.
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P.A.M.’s quarterly net loss increases
A truck-replacement effort under way at P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. helped widen a net loss in the first quarter of 2011.
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Fuel costs hit Arkansas Best
Higher fuel prices and disabling winter weather hurt Arkansas Best Corp.’s first-quarter earnings performance.
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Put driver drug tests in federal database, Boozman, Pryor say
CORRECTION: Candice Tolliver, a spokesman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, wrote in an e-mail that the administration later this year will …
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A tale of two levies: Truck tax cut yoked to vote on diesel tax
When House Bill 2188 became law April 1, the trucking industry finally got the sales tax break it had been waiting for since 2003.
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J.B. Hunt profit tops $50 million for quarter
J.B. Hunt Transport Services on Wednesday said that even though winter weather delayed shipments, the carrier’s first quarter of 2011 saw record-breaking profi…
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LaBarge, Ducommun approve deal
LaBarge Inc., a specialty electronics maker with two factories in Arkansas, has reached a $340 million agreement to be acquired by Ducommun Inc. of Los Angeles.
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A revenue rise seen in truck tax cut
The trucking industry said Thursday that a bill awaiting Gov. Mike Beebe’s signature that proposes zero sales tax for the purchase of certain 18-wheel trucks a…
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Firm to move 200 jobs to Fort Smith
Golden Living, a national geriatric services provider, on Wednesday said the local work force will expand by 200 people as billing offices in cities such as Mi…
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Chairman to quit USA Truck posts
Robert Powell, USA Truck Inc.’s chairman and co-founder of the Van Buren carrier, will step down from his position and from the board at the company’s annual s…
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U.S. to swell tax credit to spur research
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, in his debut appearance in Northwest Arkansas, said Friday that the administration will attempt to help spur r…
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Panel passes big-rig tax cut
The Arkansas House of Representatives committee on Revenue and Taxation on Tuesday moved a bill to eliminate the sales tax on certain big rigs engaged in inter…
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Supply-chain grads in demand, UA says
School officials said Thursday that a new supply-chain management department at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will meet the increasing demand for …
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Dairies see rise in price for milk
Arkansas milk producers are seeing the price of their product climb in 2011, but the increase may not translate into larger profits as rising diesel and feed p…
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‘Farmers market’ debate grows
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will play a bigger role in overseeing the operation of an estimated 80 farmers markets under a proposal to define what t…
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Trucking group backs rise in diesel tax to fund repairs
The Arkansas Trucking Association supports a proposed 5-cent increase on the state tax for diesel fuel to help the state Department of Highway and Transportati…
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Trucker accord nearer, two say
President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Thursday that a plan to end a dispute over cross-border truckers is close to being finalized.
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Bill aims to certify farmers markets, ward off ‘peddlers’
Legislation to ward off so called peddler produce retailers will be introduced next week to certify the state’s estimated 75 farmers markets. Peddlers are vend…
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Fort Smith gets C-/D+ on economic report card
A lettergraded report ranking economic vibrancy in Fort Smith during the fourth quarter gave the manufacturing town a split grade of C- /D+. Jeff Collins, an e…
