Wages for meatpacking workers rise with incentives at IBP Holcomb
Entry level pay at IBP Holcomb starts at 9 dollars an hour with a 50 cent raise after six months. The company offers incentives like perfect attendance and temporary incentive pay for processing tasks. TIP jobs can reach 13.80 dollars hourly, with top pay after a year around 11.80 for processing and 11.40 for slaughter. Unionization efforts at Holcomb and Dakoda City plants are noted, and inflation-adjusted wages are compared to 1980 dollars.
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Doug Bolton
IBP
Holcomb
Bolton
Benjamin Schrier
United Food and Commercial Workers
Schrier
Gas wealth in Hugoton field drives Kansas power plays
Deep below southwest Kansas lies Hugoton, North America’s largest gas field, fueling billions in corporate profit while public knowledge of exploration and regulation remains scarce. BP Amoco ExxonMobil and OXY USA own stakes as tax breaks lure further drilling, even as the field nears depletion. local geology links Hugoton to the High Plains’s rich oil and gas legacy, shaped by ancient seas and the Anadarko Basin.
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Hugoton
Kansas
North America
Hugoton Basin
Kansas Geological Survey
BP Amoco
Exxon/Mobil
OXY USA
Rocky Mountains
High Plains
Here
Rex Buchanan
C.H. Hinton
Panhandle
Monday The politics of gas tax exemptions in Kansas
Monday reports on the politics surrounding natural gas tax exemptions and the Kansas Corporation Commission. Tuesday explores what happens when wells run dry and examines Garden City’s role in the natural gas industry, highlighting regional implications for Finney County.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Finney County
Garden City
Tyson must honor IBP deal to buy meatpacker IBP
A Delaware judge ruled Tyson Foods cannot back out of its 4.7 billion deal to acquire IBP Inc. The court found Tyson failed to prove it was kept informed of IBP's financial problems and ordered the deal proceed. Tyson and IBP had announced the January 2 agreement but Tyson later walked away in March, citing misrepresented information.
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Tyson Foods Inc
South Dakota
IBP Inc
Delaware
Chancery Court
Leo E. Strine Jr
Tyson
IBP
Springdale
Ark
Dakota Dunes
S.D
Ed Nicholson
John McMillin
Prudential Securities Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Outbreak of Karnal bunt not likely here
A Kansas State University crop specialist says a Texas outbreak of Karnal bunt, a fishy smelling wheat fungus, is unlikely to affect Kansas. He warns that if equipment moves uncertified between quaran tined areas, it could ruin a grower’s reputation and trigger strict USDA cleaning rules.
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Curtis Thompson
Kansas State University Extension
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Young County
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Arizona
California
Karnal
India
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Nepal
Syria
Mexico
Thompson
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