Gibbon's former turkey plant sold to New York company

The turkey processing plant in Gibbon that was closed in 2008 has been sold.

Documents filed Friday (Mar 5) with the Buffalo County register of deeds shows the former Nebraska Turkey Growers Cooperative plant was sold to Midwest Meat Packing Facility LLC of New York for US$400,000.

The county assessor's office said the plant was valued at US$1.8 million.

A formal announcement of the sale has not yet been made.

The Gibbon facility was Nebraska's only turkey processing plant when it closed in December 2008, citing increasing feed and fuel costs. The plant had 225 full-time employees and processed more than 20,000 turkeys a day.