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Koch Foods Allocating $145.5 Million To Expand in Morton, Mississippi

Nov. 29, 2024

The poultry processor's five-year project should create 128 jobs.

Poultry processor Koch Foods will spend $145.5 million to expand its plant in Morton, Miss., creating 128 jobs.

Privately held Koch Foods will expand the plant’s processing and distribution operations and otherwise rehab the facility in Scott County. The Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance through the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive program.

Koch Foods expects to fill the 128 new jobs over the next five years.

“We know that Koch Foods has locations in many states and could have made these expansions at other plants,” said Johnny Harrell, president of the Scott County Board of Supervisors. “We appreciate their commitment to Scott County.”

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Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.