The investment will facilitate increased bacon and ground pork production.

Processing for other companies poses challenges and lucrative opportunities.

This comes on the heels of an investment in Thailand earlier this week.

Forecasts for pork and total red meat production still were record high for this year.

The beef prediction for 2019 was lowered by 100 million lbs., the agency reported.

A “potential” expansion would upgrade the Sherman plant and a new distribution center is a possibility in Denton.

The products are Certified Humane along with being sugar-free.

The Milwaukee-based sausage company is a downtown fixture.

The company has added another prosciutto line to its growing list of offerings that include the animal welfare standard on the label.

The FSIS said products were shipped to institutional customers in Puerto Rico.