Prestage Farms Inc.

The reopening of one poultry-processing plant ond expansion of another will create more than 600 jobs in Robeson County, where unemployment has been running more than double the statewide average. Clinton-based Prestage Farms Inc. has bought the former Rocco Inc. chicken plant in St. Pauls, which will employ more than 200 when it opens in January 2002 after being refitted for turkey processing. Selbyville, Del.-Mountaire Farms Inc.'s expansion of its Lumber Bridge chicken-processing plant will increase its work force from 1,000 to 1,400 by early next year. And there's more good news: Aberdeen Fabrics Inc. is...

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