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Archive Home > 2004 > April > 27 > Madras beef plant unlikely

Madras beef plant unlikely

City leaders say plan lacks specifics, area in need of higher-wage jobs

By Jeanene Harlick / The Bulletin
April 27, 2004

After more than six years of planning, a Redmond businessman's hope to bring a cutting-edge beef processing plant and 200 jobs to Madras may be dead in the water, thanks to cold reception from local leaders.

Beef producer R. L. Freeborn, owner of Farmworld International Foods, is scratching his....

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