Great Falls, Montana Chosen As Food & Ag Development Center
The designation by the Montana Department of Agriculture will boost local economic development efforts in food and agricultural processing, as well as renewable energy.
Canada Superclusters Will Promote Innovation, Economic Growth
Up to five superclusters will energize regional economies and help build a skilled workforce, enhance Canada's global competitiveness, and create thousands of well-paying jobs.
Food Company Plans New Chicken Operation In Arkansas
Simmons Prepared Foods will invest $300 million and create 1,500 new jobs at its new facility in Benton County, AR.
PUF Building 1 Million-Square-Foot Cannabis Facility In Australia
The Canadian company’s New South Wales facility will be the largest cannabis cultivation operation in the southern hemisphere and one of the largest in the world.
Tradition vs. Tradition
The U.S. Interior Department recommends adjusting the boundaries and/or use of 10 national monuments.
Oxitec To Build Mosquito Egg Production Unit In UK
The $9.5M Oxfordshire, UK facility will have the capacity to generate one billion Friendly™ Aedes mosquito eggs per week.
Montana Eggs Opens New $9 Million Facility
The 58,000-square-foot egg grading operation in Great Falls, MT will process over 280 million eggs annually to meet growing demand for organic, free-range eggs.
POET Biorefining – Marion Celebrates Groundbreaking
The $120 million project will expand the facility’s biofuels production capacity to 150 million gallons per year, and increase production of dried distillers grains to 360,000 tons annually.
Foster Farms Investing $30M In Louisiana Poultry Plant Expansion
The new Foster Farms project will retain 1,092 existing jobs and create 50 new direct jobs in Farmerville, Union Parish.
LS Tractor USA Investing $11.5M In North Carolina
The agriculture equipment distributor will expand its Nash County operations, adding 31 jobs over five years while upgrading its offices and facilities in Battleboro, NC.
Supply Chain Reaction
As the renegotiation of NAFTA begins, the hemispheric supply chain may be the biggest obstacle to major revisions.
Midwest Fertilizer Investing $2.8B In Southwest Indiana
The company plans to create up to 185 new jobs at a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Posey County, IN.
Safe Deposit Boxes
The survival of the human race may depend on a couple of man-made vaults, one deep within the granite below Finland and the other buried in Norway's permafrost.
Bears Ears
A monumental fight over federal land is heating up in the state with the second-largest percentage of it.
Happy Economic Development Week!
As the IEDC's second annual celebratory week for Economic Development begins today, here are some tips about how your location can participate.
Agribusiness Investing $22M, Adding 100 Jobs In Indiana
Select Genetics will locate a new hatchery in Terre Haute with the help of up to $550,000 in state tax credits and training grants.
High-Tech Greenhouse Creating 140 Jobs In Kentucky
Hydroponics startup AppHarvest will grow produce above ground with a $50 million investment in a reclaimed mine site in Eastern Kentucky's Pike County.
Listen Now: Living And Learning In Lubbock, Texas, With John Osborne, CEO, Lubbock EDA
Lubbock EDA CEO John Osborne discusses business climate and downtown revitalization in the Business Facilities Podcast.
2023 Deals Of The Year
Entries for Deal of the Year awards spanned industries, investment types, and winning strategies. Here are the stories of this year’s picks.
2023 State Of The Year: Opportunity Awaits In Texas
A robust business climate and strategic growth during 2023 earns the Lone Star State this recognition.
[VIDEO] Get More for Your Business in Ardmore. Oklahoma
The ADA owns three industrial parks and several single sites and buildings, giving our organization both the power and incentive to negotiate favorable terms for expanding companies.
Location Spotlight: The Rhode Island Advantage
Rhode Island’s ideal location in the Northeast boasts all the benefits of major commercial centers, including easy access to top companies, all manner of transportation, and world-class universities.