MILAN, Mo. -- ConAgra Foods announced Tuesday that it will lay off 515 people at a north-central Missouri poultry plant. ConAgra wrote to plant employees on Tuesday that it would begin the layoffs Sept. 21 and finish by Nov. 5.
The layoffs had been expected in this town of 1,958. ConAgra announced plans in January 2001 to lay off its employees, though it didn't set a date.
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