Prestage Farms to build fresh pork facility

Prestage Farms, Clinton, N.C., announced plans to build a new, state-of-the-art fresh pork processing facility in Mason City, Iowa.

“We are excited to take the next logical step in vertical integration by building a new high tech pork plant in Mason City, Iowa,” says Dr. Ron Prestage, DVM. “We see this as an opportunity to secure the future of our family business, its employees and our contract growers, whether they are in the Carolinas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas or Iowa. We have been impressed with the help and support provided by local and state officials, the Iowa Pork Producers Association, NPPC and the National Pork Board. We have always believed that our family and employees must be engaged in the communities in which we operate and the industry we represent. Having produced market hogs in Iowa for the past dozen years, we believe Mason City is the right place for us to strategically build this new plant.”