Federal contractor · SPRINGDALE, AR

TYSON FOODS INC.

TYSON FOODS INC. received $226.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 50 awards (−0.3% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.8B. Its largest customer was Agricultural Marketing Service ($226.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$226.3M
New awards
50
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.6%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $226.3M in FY2026 together.

  1. TYSON FOODS INC.SPRINGDALE, AR · Family page
    $226.3M
  2. ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS, INC.CINCINNATI, OH
    $0
  3. HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANY, THECHICAGO, IL
    $0
  4. KEYSTONE FOODS LLCWEST CHESTER, PA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 100.6MFY2017
  2. 131.3MFY2018
  3. 146.2MFY2019
  4. 185.2MFY2020
  5. 95.6MFY2021
  6. 238.9MFY2022
  7. 221.1MFY2023
  8. 238.5MFY2024
  9. 227MFY2025
  10. 226.3MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Agricultural Marketing Service$226.3M100%
    50 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$226.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lancaster County, PA$180.8M80%
  2. Forsyth County, GA$17.6M7.8%
  3. McCurtain County, OK$12.9M5.7%
  4. Etowah County, AL$6.8M3.0%
  5. Leake County, MS$5.7M2.5%
  6. Scott County, AR$1.7M0.8%
  7. Wilkes County, NC$873.2K0.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.6%
    US 39% · $1.4M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.6%
    US 8.7% · $1.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011083/4100033455/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$25.4M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 123J1426C0379
  2. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009403/4100027921/CHICKEN OVEN ROASTED FRZ 8 PC CTN-30 LB$18.9M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 7, 2023 – Feb 3, 2026· 123J1423C1753
  3. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011528/4100035108/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$18.2M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 123J1426C2048
  4. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011489/4100034952/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$17.5M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 123J1426C1892
  5. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011412/4100034623/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$17.4M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 123J1426C1563
  6. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011348/4100034532/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$17.4M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 123J1426C1472
  7. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011319/4100034439/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$17.1M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· 123J1426C1379
  8. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011210/4100033902/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK$12.6M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Lancaster County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· 123J1426C0834

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

TYSON FOODS INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2021
$42.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.5MFY2021
  2. 9.5MFY2022
  3. 15.4MFY2023
  4. 11.1MFY2024
  5. 282.5KFY2025

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2025.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

1 company · $148.3K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$148.3K
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 2 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS, LIMITED$240.7M+4.2% in FY2026
    AMARILLO, TX · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Animal slaughtering and processing
  2. CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC$220.4M−9.9% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Animal slaughtering and processing
  3. CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC.$215.1M+104% in FY2026
    HANFORD, CA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Animal slaughtering and processing

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of TYSON FOODS INC. (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$2.2M
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$7.2M
$7.2M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$354.5K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$2.1M
    10 reports
  2. 2024$1.7M
    8 reports
  3. 2025$2.2M
    8 reports
  4. 2026$1.3M
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Agriculture29 reports
  2. Labor issues, antitrust and workplace28 reports
  3. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code28 reports
  4. Trade (domestic and foreign)25 reports
  5. Animals15 reports
  6. Transportation15 reports
  7. Energy and nuclear14 reports
  8. Environment and Superfund14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  3. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)15 reports
  4. State - Dept of (DOS)15 reports
  5. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)14 reports
  6. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)8 reports
  7. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)6 reports
  8. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)6 reports
  9. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)5 reports
  10. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)5 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$920K
    14 reports
  2. CHUCK PENRY AND ASSOCIATES$30K
    2 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$268K76%
  2. Democratic$85.5K24%
  3. Other or none$1,0000.3%

PACs sponsored

  • TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC)$563.6K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.