NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va. — In less than two months, Tyson Foods will shut down its Glen Allen processing plant.
The impact of that closure is slowly starting to be seen in rural Virginia, as 55 farmers across 13 counties with a combined 278 chicken houses are preparing to go out of business.
Farmer Roger Reynolds’s family has been in the poultry business since 1986. It’s a third generation career.
“I enjoy feeding American people,” said Reynolds. “I’ve done it my whole life. My daughter has been with me since 2014. She runs these four houses.”
But that job is about to come to a halt.
“It was a shock,” Reynolds described.
On March 13, he got a call from Tyson explaining the Glen Allen processing plant would close in May.
That means his four broiler houses, and $1.5 million investment into the operation will no longer be needed.
Around 160,000 chickens on the property will be sold next week and no more chicks will come to take their place.
Oh shit, not good.
Greed is a bad thing. How much money is enough Tyson??