Windom’s Prime Pork set to start second week
Prime Pork of Windom is set to enter its second week of processing.
The former beef processing plant, known then as PM Windom, was extensively remodeled over the past 14 months into a state-of-the-art pork-processing operation. Much of the plant was gutted from top-to-bottom and modernized to be a highly-technical operation.
In February 2016, Minnesota businessman Glen Taylor, a native of Comfrey; Mapleton farmer Jeff Ward and Greg Strobel of Pemberton-based Strobel Farms purchased the assets of PM Beef, including the former PM Beef Plant in Windom, and set to work on the renovations and improvements. The PM Beef Plant in Windom ceased operations in September 2015, with a loss at that time of approximately 260 jobs.
The goal by mid-July is to be processing a maximum of 6,000 hogs a day.
With employee additions over the course of the next two weeks, total employment at the plant at that time will be almost 350.
The trio of Prime Pork owners operate hog farms in southwestern and south-central Minnesota, exclusively raising Duroc pigs. Duroc pigs are considered the “Black Angus” of pork, and their meat is the favorite of consumers because of its consistent quality and flavor. One hundred percent of those farms’ output will be processed at the facility.