Canadian pork group plans third hog assembly facility

MPMC currently operates assembly yards at Neepawa and New Bothwell, both in Manitoba, Canada, and is planning a third facility in the Stonewall area around the Perimeter Highway and Number 6 highway at Winnipeg Livestock.

MPMC chief executive officer Perry Mohr recalls there were half a dozen packing plants in Winnipeg 25 years ago but now there are none and Brandon city has become hog central.

Mohr said that there are presently some producers that are hauling their pigs all the way from the Interlake area down into New Bothwell to be assembled, which means they are paying for freight charges to and fro and to other destinations.

He hopes the new facility would capture some of the cull market in the densely populated Hutterites.

Construction should begin in the spring with the facility being fully operational by mid-summer.