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Sedgwick County pulls bid for Tyson plant

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, file photo, a Tyson Foods, Inc., truck is parked at a food warehouse in Little Rock, Ark. Tyson Foods said Monday, March 6, 2017, a strain of bird flu sickened chickens at a poultry breeder that supplies it with birds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the 73,500 birds at the Lincoln County, Tenn., facility were destroyed and none of the birds from the flock will enter the food system. The H7 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, can be deadly for chickens and turkeys. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
In this Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 photo, Kirk Sours, the manager of the Tailgate Ranch, discusses his opposition to a proposed Tyson Foods Inc. chicken-processing plant near the cattle ranch outside Tonganoxie. Opponents of the project mobilized to block it, prompting the company to look for another site. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

WICHITA — A county in south-central Kansas has withdrawn its bit for a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant after weeks of public opposition.

The Wichita Eagle reports the Greater Wichita Partnership confirmed on Thursday that Sedgwick County has taken itself out of the running for the project. The business group echoed County Commissioner Richard Ranzau’s Wednesday statement that there isn’t enough support from the commission to offer Tyson financial incentives to build the facility.

County officials and opponents of the plant say they believe Tyson wouldn’t come to the county without an offer of tax breaks or other financial subsidies.

Tyson also saw resistance for a plant in Leavenworth County near Tonganoxie.

Other Kansas communities are expected to make such offers to attract the plant. The facility would come with a $320 million construction budget and about 1,600 permanent jobs.

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