The second shift will accommodate expansion of the company’s new pork plant in Sioux City, Iowa.

The Texas Farm purchase includes live hogs, grain, land and buildings for an undisclosed amount.

Seaboard receives award from National Underwriter Property & Casualty.

Officials are pleased with the progress made on the $264M project.

The company plans to reevaluate space needs later this year.

The new facility will be complete by mid 2017.

The deal includes other assets for a total of $71.1 million.

Start of construction has not been revealed.

Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods formed a joint venture to build a processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa.

Construction will be completed by July 2017.