A turkey processing plant was placed involuntarily into chapter 7 bankruptcy and has ceased operation in the south-central Nebraska city of Gibbon, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Court documents say that Midwest Meat Packing Facility had not paid Shinn's Turkey Track, of Dunning, $1.45 million for turkeys and had a total debt of more than $4.4 million. It is unclear how many workers have lost their jobs. In March last year, the plant's office manager, Tami Baker, said that the company expected to have close to 100 employees by the end of the year. The previous owners closed the plant in December 2008 because of high feed and fuel costs. The plant reopened in 2010 with an investment from New York-based AMSA International.
