Wholestone Farms of Fremont, Neb., and Prestage Foods of Iowa announced a new joint venture on Feb. 22. The newly formed venture, Prestage Wholestone, LLC, unites two farmer-owned companies providing enhanced customer offerings, the company said, while streamlining pork sales and partnering in hog processing operations.
“We are excited and honored to partner with the Prestage family. This is an extremely important next step for the 200+ farm families that own Wholestone Farms. We look forward to demonstrating the benefits of this partnership to our customers, consumers and our owners,” Luke Minion, chairman of Wholestone Farms, said in a release.
Prestage Wholestone will operate from two plant locations with a daily single shift harvest capacity of approximately 21,000 head per day. Joint operations will start no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
“The Prestage family is excited to partner with Wholestone Farms, a company comprised of likeminded American farmers and producers that reflect our collective core values from farm to market,” Ron Prestage, a Prestage family representative, said in a release.
Editor’s Note: Wholestone Farms was founded in 2018 as a cooperative of 200 Midwest family farmer-owners with a vision to bring the consumer closer to the farmer by creating an authentic integrated pork supply chain. Prestage Foods is a third-generation, family-owned food and agriculture business that is committed to quality and service as they deliver wholesome and delicious pork products to customers in the U.S. and around the world.
