Pioneer Packing Company, Inc.

Pioneer Packing Company, Inc. operates at 510 Napoleon Rd. in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, under USDA FSIS establishment number M372. The federal record lists the plant for meat slaughter and meat processing, with hogs as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as small and places it in slaughter volume category 3.0, above the smallest reporting tier. The grant of inspection date on file is August 12, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes the business as specializing in the production of pre-rigor pork, including whole hog pre-rigor pork. A secondary listing describing this establishment also names ribs, pork butts, and hams. Pre-rigor pork is meat fabricated before the carcass passes through rigor mortis, a product form generally sold to further processors rather than at a retail counter.

The website lists contact hours of Monday through Friday, 7am to 2pm, and closed Saturday and Sunday, along with a mailing address of PO Box 171, Bowling Green, OH 43402, and phone (419) 352-5283. The site also has Products, Pictures, News, and Apply sections. Details beyond the federal record and these listings, including custom slaughter for farmers, retail sales, pricing, ownership, and founding date, are not yet on file.

The federal record lists Pioneer Packing Company as a meat slaughter and meat processing establishment handling hogs, with no custom-exempt activity reported to FSIS. That means the plant is not recorded as doing custom slaughter or custom cut and wrap for individual owners of animals. Booking procedures, minimums, lot sizes, scheduling, and fees are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant directly at (419) 352-5283 to learn what arrangements, if any, are available.

Pioneer Packing Company, Inc. 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.

Nothing in the sources describes a retail counter, halves or quarters, freezer bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. The website presents the business as a producer of pre-rigor pork, including whole hog pre-rigor pork, a product form typically supplied to further processors. Households interested in buying would need to contact the company during its listed contact hours to ask whether any direct sales exist.

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.