1.   An influx of Hispanic workers near poultry plants also boosted growth in southwest Missouri.

2.   And instead of finding high-paying jobs, the young Cubans washed cars or sorted chicken parts in poultry plants.

3.   Abit Massey, executive director of the Georgia Poultry Federation, said poultry plants have needed more workers to keep up with demand.

4.   But organizing drives have also fallen flat at many poultry plants and nursing homes across the South.

5.   Chicken feathers are plentiful, but poultry plants make little profit from their current uses, Schmidt said.

6.   Given little nourishment during their two-day trip, and no rest stops, they apparently were on their way to jobs at a poultry processing plant.

7.   Hash and Lankford, who both supervised Tyson poultry plants, including one in Shelbyville, Tenn., where the investigation was centered, were unavailable for comment Wednesday.

8.   In recent years, poultry plants and factories in the Ozarks have attracted thousands of immigrants from Latin America.

9.   It clarifies U.S. compliance with Russian requirements and puts in place bilateral practices for U.S. plant approval, including Russian spot checks of U.S. poultry plants.

10.   Knight also said a poultry plant operated by Cargill Inc., in Ozark, Arkansas, had ceased processing.