A $70 million investment in the peanut industry in Arkansas is expected to usher in a new era for farmers. The operation will feature the first peanut-shelling plant in Arkansas and create between 125 and 130 jobs. read more >
Two months after planners gave up hopes of crossing Arkansas with a $2.5 billion wind-energy transmission line as doomed, the U.S. Department of Energy hammered a nail in the project's coffin Friday by ending its participation in the Plains & Eastern Clean Line. read more >
Donald J. Trump won the presidency after a campaign largely negative to renewable sources like solar and wind power, but forces in favor of cleaner power could prove even bigger than The Donald. read more >
Corporations employing 4,000 Arkansans hope to get cheap renewable electricity from a controversial power line project. read more >
The Jonesboro City Council approves issuing up to $41 million of industrial development revenue bonds for Unilever United States Inc. to pay for an expansion that will add about 125 workers to its Jonesboro plant. read more >
The Jonesboro City Council is considering a plan this week to authorize up to $41 million in revenue bonds to help Unilever complete an expansion at its plant, which makes hair-care products. read more >
A tour of Jonesboro’s industry provides a glimpse into the economic powerhouse of northeast Arkansas. The list of world class manufacturing companies in Jonesboro is impressive; companies like Nestle Prepared Foods, Frito-Lay, Unilever, Nordex USA, Great Dane, Nice-Pak Products, Hytrol Conveyor Company, Post Foods and many others have chosen to invest in Jonesboro. read more >
Hormel Foods Corp. has closed on its purchase of Skippy peanut butter, including its plant in Little Rock. read more >
Skippy, which is made in plants in Little Rock and China, is sold in about 30 countries and is the leading peanut butter brand in China, where Hormel has been trying to build up its Spam business for the past several years. read more >
Unilever says that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global Skippy business to Hormel Foods for about $700 million. Skippy's Little Rock manufacturing plant, at 8201 Frazier Pike in Little Rock, is the only Skippy peanut butter plant left in the country. read more >
