Premium Standard Farms gets extension on farm improvements
The agreement, which has been approved by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Robert M. Schieber, provides Premium Standard Farms with a two-year extension of the 2004 court-sanctioned consent judgment that had required the company to install Next Generation Technology at several of its farms by July 31, 2010.
In July Premium Standard Farms petitioned the court for a two-year extension of the deadline, noting that the final technologies-barn scrapers and the Sustainable Technology System - had only been approved by the court-appointed Management Advisory Team in late April. The company said the delay in receiving approval of the state-of-the-art technology didn't allow enough time to complete the installation at seven remaining farms by the deadline.