Olymel L.P., Canada, announced plans to invest more than $25 million to expand its hog slaughterhouse and butchering facility at St-Esprit in the Lanaudière region.

JTM Provisions, Harrison, Ohio, expanded its line of clean-label products with new sous vide diced proteins, such as diced beef, pork and turkey, to the K-12 segment.

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Dakota Dunes, S.D., debuted a new Open Prairie Natural Pork brand.

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

Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team, and other businesses, signed a deal to purchase the former PM Beef plant in Windom, Minn., for an undisclosed sum.

Seaboard Triumph Foods, the Shawnee Mission, Kan.-based joint venture between Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods, LLC, announced plans to construct a new, 750,000-square-foot food processing facility

China pork processor WH Group Ltd. announced that its new American-style packaged meats factory located at Zhengzhou Shuanghui Industrial Park, Henan, is officially in operation.

JBS USA Pork, Greeley, Colo., entered into an agreement with Cargill, Wichita, Kan., to acquire the company’s U.S.-based pork business.

Tyson Fresh Meats, the Lexington, Neb.-based beef and pork unit of Tyson Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., announced plans to cease beef operations at its Denison, Iowa, plant.

National Beef Packing Co., Kansas City, Mo., announced plans to expand its Moultrie, Ga., operation, creating approximately 200 jobs.