Hylife Pork plant in Windom sold; no workers to be retained by new owner
Published: Jun. 3, 2023 at 10:12 AM CDT
WINDOM, Minn. (KEYC) - An Iowa pork producer appears to be the winner of an auction for the Hylife Pork Processing plant in Windom.
Premium Iowa Pork, based in Hospers, Iowa, offered $13 million in an auction completed this week to buy the plant, which closed Friday.
Hylife says Premium Iowa Pork is not retaining any of the workers, including about half of the 1000 that were here on H-2B visas and have to return to their country of orgin today.
The new owner has not announced their plans for the Windom plant.
According to its website, Premium Iowa Pork is a family-owned hog producer in northwest Iowa, with a location in Luverne, Minn., called Premium Minnesota Pork.
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