Tyson Foods Inc. is mulling as many as 20 alternative sites in Kansas after Leavenworth County, Kansas withdrew plans to issue $500 million in bonds for a proposed facility in Northwest Kansas county. Kansas Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey last week said as many as 20 other communities in Kansas had expressed interest in becoming the new location for the $320 million facility. McClaskey says that the long-term effect if Tyson moves the plant and its 1,600 jobs to another state could push other agricultural companies away from Kansas. However, she believes a new deal can be reached to keep the new Tyson complex in the Sunflower State, according to meat industry publication Meatingplace. Meanwhile, the Iowa Economic Development Authority last week voted to award $2.4 million in tax benefits to help Tyson expand and renovate its Waterloo, Iowa beef and pork plant.
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