Wayne Farms To Expand Mississippi Operation
October 15, 2013 | 1 min to read
LAUREL – Gov. Phil Bryant paid a visit to Jones County on Friday to help Wayne Farms officials announce a $3 million expansion to its Laurel operation.
The project — fueled in part by about $800,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding — will result in about 150 new jobs, Bryant said.
“Wayne Farms is the sixth-largest integrated poultry producer in the world,” he said. “ … It’s a great day for economic development.”
The governor praised Mississippi’s business environment.
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