Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 6/16/16

Recently, Mountaire Farms announced that they would be renovating and taking over the beleaguered Townsends poultry processing plant in Siler City.  Dan Campeau, area specialized agent for poultry with NC State University:“Absolutely.  I think that the people in Siler City, when we lost the Townsends plant they lost five to six hundred jobs, and basically, Siler City put themselves on the line because...

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