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HyLife Purchases Majority Interest Of Minnesota-Based Prime Pork

La Broquerie-based HyLife has announced that it has purchased 75% equity interest of Prime Pork LLC from Taylor Corporation.
 
Prime Pork, is a recently renovated processing facility that produces, processes, and sells pork products out of Windom, Minnesota. The plant currently processes approximately 1.2 million hogs annually with 660 employees. This will increase HyLife’s processing capacity to 3.2 million hogs annually.
 
“Prime Pork will allow us to expand our operations into the United States.,” said Grant Lazaruk, HyLife’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Plants in both Canada and the US will strengthen our supply chain, giving us further diversity in our operations to better serve our customers around the world.”
 
HyLife produces 3 million hogs and processes 2 million hogs annually, with the pork sold to over 20 countries.
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