News - Hylife

The MP for Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette says improvements planned for the Hylife Foods hog slaughtering plant in Neepawa will mean more of jobs needed help stabilize Canada’s rural communities.

Manitoba Pork Council says upgrades planned for the Hylife Foods hog slaughtering plant will allow Hylife to expand its markets, increase the demand for hogs, create jobs, and generate huge economic spin-offs.

Improvements planned for the Neepawa, Manitoba based Hylife Foods hog slaughtering plant will allow expanded slaughter capacity and additional value added processing.

Manitoba’s red meat industry will benefit thanks to a federal investment to upgrade a Neepawa hog processing plant.

The executive vice-president and chief operating officer of La Broquerie, Manitoba based Hylife, says the initial response to the company’s new name has been positive.