US poultry group Peco Foods plans to open a poultry facility with a total investment of around US$165m.
The site, to be located in Arkansas, will include a hatchery, feed mill and processing plant.
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Construction will begin in two phases: groundbreaking on the feed mill site is set for April and the first stages of work on the hatchery and processing plant site will begin in July. No details of when the facility is scheduled for completion were provided.
Peco is the eighth-largest poultry producer in the US, processing approximately 24m pounds of poultry each week, the company said.
The move will create 1,000 new jobs, the company predicted.
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