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Tyson CEO shares Washington DC testimony

26/04/2022

The chief executive of Tyson Foods, Donnie King, has published a prepared testimony ahead of an appearance before the US House of Representatives committee on agriculture in Washington DC on April 27.

A dispute arose between Tyson and the authorities in Washington DC in September afer US secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, and the director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, made remarks during a White House press briefing criticising Tyson and three other meat companies (JBS, Cargill and National Beef) for posting revenue growth in the face of what they called unfair treatment of farmers and consumers.

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