This year’s cover story isn’t about one processor. It’s about all the processors who read this magazine, really. The “Year of the Independent Processor” is meant to show how hard the small processor community has worked during this pandemic, largely under the radar.
Simmons Foods Inc. will cut 223 jobs at its plant in Siloam Springs, Ark., and move some production to nearby Decatur in an effort to control costs caused by rising corn prices.