News last week provided some hope for South Arkansas poultry growers who’ve been devastated by the shuttering of Pilgrim’s Pride operations in El Dorado.

We share the optimism of some of the growers that better days and more opportunities exist in this region for growers and their idle farms. A co-op of growers may be a far cry from the big business that was Pilgrim’s Pride, but we see that as a plus.

A recently commissioned feasibility study designed to help growers find a buyer for their chickens is nearing completion and the early results show the region could sustai...