Premium Iowa Pork, LLC

Premium Iowa Pork, LLC operates at 108 1st Avenue South in Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa, under USDA establishment number M21069. The federal record lists the plant for Meat Processing and Meat Slaughter, with hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection and a grant of inspection date on file of October 16, 2019. FSIS classifies the plant as small, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes the Hospers facility as a producer of antibiotic-free, all-natural pork prepared, processed, and packaged on site, with an affiliated operation, Premium Minnesota Pork, in Luverne, Minnesota. The site states the business is family-owned, uses Duroc genetics, and raises herds without antibiotics, added hormones, or growth promotants, and that herds are fed a 100 percent vegetarian diet free of animal byproducts. Dan Paquin is identified as president. The website reports a team of more than 400 people dedicated to harvesting, processing, and packing pork, and states that products are Product of the USA.

Dates on the website are inconsistent. The homepage banner refers to family-owned and antibiotic-free pork since 1916, while the About page and homepage text both state that the company has provided private-label antibiotic-free pork to grocery stores since 2005. The federal grant of inspection date on file is 2019-10-16, which may reflect a change in ownership or establishment records rather than the start of operations.

The plant reports Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing activity for hogs to FSIS and reports no custom-exempt activity, meaning it is not listed as doing custom kill and cut for individual farm customers. The website describes a vertically oriented supply model in which antibiotic-free pork comes from family farms in Iowa and Minnesota and the company provides its farmers with tools, resources, and education for animal care, and cites PQA+ certification. Terms for hauling animals in, booking, minimums, or fees are not stated in the sources on file. Producers interested in supply arrangements would need to contact the company directly at (712) 752-8666 or 855-752-8687.

Premium Iowa Pork, LLC operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

The sources describe a wholesale and private-label business supplying pork to grocery stores across the country rather than a retail meat counter. No retail store hours, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping to households are mentioned in the sources on file. Household buyers would most likely encounter this pork under a grocery store label.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.