Wright County Approves Pork Plant

Wright County, Iowa approved an agreement to allow Prestage Farms to build a $240 million pork processing plant near Eagle Grove, Iowa. The decision comes after six weeks of public hearings and last week’s announcement by the Iowa Economic Development Authority that it approved $11.5 million in incentives for Prestage to build in Wright County, according to Meatingplace.

The plant brings a $43 million payroll to the county with 900 new full-time jobs. Groundbreaking on the project should begin in spring 2017, and the facility is scheduled to be completed in late 2018. The approval comes two months after officials in Mason City, Iowa rejected a plan for the plant to be built there. Prestage Farms is based in North Carolina and has operations in Iowa, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma.

Source:  NAFB News