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AdvertisementAlternative LivestockOklahoma quizzes ex-Tyson exec over training documentTULSA, Okla. (AP)--Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc., cared more about preserving its public image than protecting a million-acre watershed from environmental pollution, attorneys for the state of Oklahoma claimed Nov. 3. The allegation against the world's largest meat producer came during Oklahoma's questioning of Preston Keller, who was the Arkansas company's director of environmental agriculture until he left in 2005. Keller was first on ... [Read More] Court rules Tyson Foods to pay $250K in labor suitBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP)--A federal court has ruled that Tyson Foods Inc., violated federal labor standards for not paying production line employees for the time it takes them to put on and remove protective and sanitary gear. The company was ordered to pay $250,000 in damages, according to the ruling Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The U.S. Department of Labor, which originally filed the suit seeking $5.8 ... [Read More] Missouri family raises elkSEDALIA, Mo. (AP)--Debbie, Mike and Prince are not typical pets. The animals can weigh between 500 and 1,300 pounds. On a good day, Debbie will let her owners get close enough for a scratch behind the ears, but Prince and Mike rule the farm outside of Sedalia where Robert and Dorothy Poort raise elk. [Read More] Former New Mexico bull rider now breeding top bucking bullsHOBBS, N.M. (AP)--Kevin Wallace knows what it takes to breed a champion bull. He spent six years riding some of the toughest in the industry. The 39-year-old Hobbs man spent the past 16 years breeding bucking bulls for bull riding associations around the country and soon he will break into the ranks of the most elite when his bull, "Ronnie,' bucks for a chance to enter the Professional Bull Riders World Championship in Las Vegas. [Read More] Advertisement
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