Iowa Capital Dispatch

JBS has broken ground in Perry for a sausage plant that will employ some 500 workers.

The plant will help supply another new JBS plant in Ankeny that will make ready-to-eat sausage and bacon.

The new plant will help the town recover from the loss of its Tyson Fresh Meats pork plant, which closed in June 2024.

PERRY — JBS USA has broken ground for its “state-of-the-art” sausage making facility, celebrating with city and state leaders a “turning point” for the Perry community.

The roughly 110-acre site on the southeast side of Perry is slated to be operational a year from now and officials said the plant would add a second shift about six months later, to hit the full 500-job metric.

JBS officials said Tuesday, Oct. 14, that a portion of the sausage made at the fa

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