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Business  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 11, 2021

Mississippi Book Festival cancels August 2021 event

The Mississippi Book Festival announced today it has cancelled the in-person event scheduled for Saturday, August 21. According to Holly Lange, the Festival’s Executive Director, “We are disappointed to have come so close to the finish line, but growing concern and cancellations from many of the authors and panelists scheduled to attend has led our…
Business  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
August 10, 2021

Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms sold for $4.5 billion

Nation’s third largest poultry producer is being acquired for $4.53 billion as price of chicken soars. Cargill and privately held Continental Grain plan to combine Sanderson Farms with Wayne Farms, a Continental Grain subsidiary, to form a new, privately held poultry business. Operations will include poultry processing plants and prepared foods plants across Alabama, Arkansas,…