As if Arkansas needed more bad news.
Fresh off the painful and embarrassing loss of several factories across the state, Arkansas unfortunately has more pain to deal with.
More specifically, Cargill recently shut down its turkey processing plant in Springdale, wiping out 1,100 jobs in one fell swoop.
Turkey consumption has been on the decline for years (I’ve heard ham is making a comeback for Thanksgiving?), and avian flu of course has not helped matters at all…