Smithfield Invests In $1.3B Sioux Falls Plant

Smithfield Foods said Feb. 17, 2026 it will spend up to $1.3 billion over the next three years to build a combined packaged meats and pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The highly automated facility, expected to begin production at the end of 2028, will replace a more than 100-year-old plant and aims to deliver significant efficiency gains across fresh pork and packaged meats.