# ‘Most modern plant in the world’ -

> Prestage Foods of Iowa is building a new pork plant near Eagle Grove, with about 500 workers still on site and the facility expected to open slightly later than planned, in early 2019. The plant will process hogs through an automated system and has storage for 2,000 pallets.

- Date: 2018-10-01 · published 2018-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62665-most-modern-plant-in-the-world
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

A large new hog processing plant adds future slaughter capacity and hog demand in the US, which is supportive for lean hog prices once it runs, though the impact is gradual.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- messengernews.net: https://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2018/10/most-modern-plant-in-the-world/

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