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News  |  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,…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
August 10, 2021

Wicker backs infrastructure bill on final passage. Hyde-Smith says no, it’s a bridge too far to cross.

The $1.2 trillion bill now heads to the House as Democrats push another $3.5 trillion spending plan. After clearing a hurdle on Sunday, the U.S. Senate voted today on final passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR.3684), negotiated by a small bipartisan group of Senators.  It passed the chamber by a vote of…