SIOUX CITY, IOWA – After nearly two years of construction, the first hogs have been slaughtered at a giant Sioux City pork plant that is eventually expected to employ 2,000 people and process 21,000 hogs a day.
Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott told the Sioux City Journal that Seaboard Triumph Foods processed about 100 hogs Wednesday as crews test equipment ahead of a Sept. 5 opening.
The company plans to start a single shift with up to 900 production workers in the 925,000-square foot plant in Sioux City. Initially, the plant will have a capacity of slaughtering 10,500 hogs daily.
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