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Pork production expanding in Eastern Corn Belt

A pork producer says farms in Michigan and surrounding states are expanding to meet the needs of the new Clemens Food Group pork processing plant.

Lee Carte of Carte Farms in Central Michigan tells Brownfield a lot of thought is put into where and how to expand pork facilities to meet the needs of a new processing plant in Coldwater, near the Indiana/Ohio border.  “There’s a lot of siting issues in this state that you have to follow and we encourage every producer, no matter what industry to do that, so that the industry is not tarnished by putting barns in wrong spots.”  He says their farm alone has already marketed an additional 15,000 gilts for farms in the region expanding and it’s only the beginning with Clemens set to open this September.

Carte says he believes the investments being made now will have generational impacts for the industry to remain sustainable.  “For generations to come, that’s what we really hope is that this business will be here for them and for their families too.”

Carte was recognized as the 2017 Master Pork Producer by the Michigan Pork Producers Association during their annual symposium in Lansing.

AUDIO: Interview with Lee Carte

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