Commodities giant Cargill Inc will close a Springdale, Arkansas, turkey processing plant with 1,100 workers on 1 August.

Perdue Farms Inc. isn’t entitled to a preliminary injunction in two cases challenging the Department of Labor’s administrative law judges, a federal court said.

The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is suing the government on behalf of Mary Ferguson, a Memphis resident with deep roots in Bolivar, ...