In a single different necessary hit to turkey processing functionality, Cargill has launched the closure of its turkey processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, environment friendly August 1, 2025. No matter this dedication, the company reaffirmed its dedication to the turkey enterprise and plans to shift manufacturing to totally different facilities.
“This was not a easy dedication to make given the affect on the roughly 1,100 people who work there and native producers,” Cargill mentioned. “Nonetheless, it is the correct switch to make for the best way ahead for our turkey enterprise.”
The company emphasised that it will honor all contractual obligations to its turkey growers. Whereas the Springdale facility will shut down, manufacturing might be redistributed to Cargill’s current turkey processing vegetation in Missouri and Virginia, with efforts to attenuate present disruptions for patrons.
The closure comes amid broader enterprise challenges, as this marks the second foremost turkey processing functionality low cost launched this week. Foster Farms recently confirmed it’s going to shut facilities in Turlock, California, this May, affecting better than 500 workers. These closures adjust to the USDA’s downward revision of its 2025 turkey manufacturing outlook, citing declining hatchery tendencies and continued culling in response to avian influenza outbreaks.
Springdale, Arkansas, generally known as the “Poultry Capital of the World,” has prolonged been a hub for poultry manufacturing. The Cargill turkey plant, inbuilt 1965, spans 360,000 sq. toes all through manufacturing and distribution areas. No matter this closure, Cargill will proceed working better than 40 meat harvesting and processing facilities all through a variety of protein sectors.
Hold tuned to PoultryProducer.com for extra updates on how these enterprise shifts affect producers, processors, and the broader poultry present chain.