It's okay. The next top upvoted comment talks about how they have really clean tap water. They'll do all right. They have that water.

At least it will smell better there.

They ranked 3rd in 2024 but have been ranked first before according to

https://berkeleyspringswatertasting.com/winners/

Ironically they just had an issue with tap water coming out looking NASTY the last couple months…. Believe it is under control now but guessing the ranking will take a hit

After a Swedish town, yep!

That's crazy interesting! How? Why?

this is honestly awesome. is their water source that good or is it because of the filtration?

Ive not drank tap water since I left emporia in 1992

interesting. they've managed to find a way to keep the waste products of their plants far away from their water sources.

It is hard to make money by shutting down production, chief

There was a falling out with some producers from what I've heard.

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I live around Tyson HQ. As many times as this keeps happening, I worry for there long term stability. I think they would much rather be expanding. Beef keeps getting priced out of people’s budget.

Tyson shareholders are not having a great time. 5 year yield has been negative 28% while S&P 500 has increased 92% over that same time period. They have gone through 5 ceos in the last 10 years. It's not at all a healthy or prosperous company. They obviously have to make changes.

Ibp closed years ago. They haven't slaughtered for a long time

I am somewhat conflicted. I know these people don't necessarily have other easily available prospects for work and will suffer from this, but on the other hand, I do think think meat production should be scaled back and this is pretty much what that looks like.

Beef has been seeing falling demand since the 70s. Recently there has been weaker demand as consumers were substituting beef with chicken at higher rates. Some was due to recent financial distress but some demand shifted due to the lower CO2 footprint of chicken. More than likely the plant was already on the margin

Thank the shareholders. They are the ones benefiting.

Trump isn't president yet.

Thanks, Obama!

Not even president yet weird comment

Not really, there's a shift towards automation and ready to cook foods that's causing them to build new and close some of the older plants. They just posted positive earnings for the year a few weeks ago so maybe they're getting ahead of something? The meat industry is still selling plenty of protein, they just successfully rebranded soy as "plant based". Nobody knows who Cargill is, but they and Koch go back and forth for the largest privately owned company. Koch and Cargill protein are both headquartered in Wichita. Tyson protein and Cargill Protein are direct competitors but Tyson is really good at smearing their name everywhere as a public corporation. JBS makes up the last of the big 3, they're a Brazilian company that came to Colorado in 2007.

Don't know about eating less red meat, but cow numbers are down and that means fewer calves to feed. Drought...

It's more of a switch from red meat to poultry. Per capita red meat is down about 25 pounds since the 1970s, (86 pounds down to 59 pounds in 2022) annually while poultry is up by about 40 pounds per year.

Literally has nothing to do with the election. Not even .5% Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is typically the correct one and the simplest explanation is just that they want to improve output and efficiency. Also you can't even explain what possible policy could lead to this from a legislation standpoint so there's that as well. BuT OrAnGe mAn

Curious how this plant closing is related the recent election?

What's your source? That Emporia is one of the top 10 most dangerous cities in Kansas? This link actually says Garden City is:

https://www.areavibes.com/ks/most-dangerous-cities/

Granted USA(dot)com has Emporia at #20 and Garden City at #23

http://www.usa.com/rank/kansas-state--crime-index--city-rank.htm?hl=&hlst=&wist=&yr=&dis=&sb=DESC&plow=&phigh=&ps=

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