Sioux City Weighs Perdue Pork Plant Deal
The city council will consider negotiating a development and minimum assessment agreement with Perdue Premium Meat.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Agriculture
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Sioux City Council will consider authorizing negotiation of a development and minimum assessment agreement with Perdue Premium Meat, which opened a 225,000-square-foot case-ready pork production facility in the city last year. The proposal would support a truck terminal, service center, and trailer storage on the east side of Southbridge Drive.
Why it matters
The agreement ties city incentives to a plant that has invested over $50 million and employs about 250 people in Sioux City. It also sets a minimum property tax assessment that would protect city revenue for a decade.
Perdue's proposed minimum assessment of $1,768,400 beginning Jan. 1, 2028, would add $1.2 million above the existing $568,400 assessment over 10 years. Estimated total property tax rebates are $377,000, and the final figures depend on terms still under negotiation.
The players
Perdue Premium Meat
Perdue Premium Meat is the pork processing subsidiary of Perdue Farms, a large poultry and meat producer that also owns the Niman Ranch and Coleman All Natural Meat brands.
Sioux City Council
The Sioux City Council is the elected governing body of Sioux City, Iowa, responsible for approving municipal development agreements and property tax incentives.
The details
The plant at 6201 MacArthur St., a former SAGE military building offering more than 120,000 square feet of production space, produces products from Perdue's Niman Ranch and Coleman All Natural Meat brands and private label customers. The city would sell a 0.541-acre portion of vacated right-of-way north of the plant, which Perdue intends to use for parking or future expansion, and would provide 100% property tax rebates for 10 years on the truck terminal and service center.
Timeline
Last year (2025): Perdue opened the 225,000-square-foot Sioux City pork production facility.
2022: Tur-Pak Foods closed the building before Perdue's purchase.
Monday (after Nov. 2, 2026): Sioux City Council will consider authorizing negotiation of the agreement.
Jan. 1, 2028: The 10-year minimum assessment period is set to begin.
Roadmap
Sioux City has long been a center of meatpacking, and this agreement extends that tradition by repurposing a former SAGE military building for a modern case-ready pork operation. Municipal incentives like this one are now a common tool for keeping protein processing capacity in Midwestern cities as large producers consolidate their plants.
For Sioux City residents, the agreement would protect a minimum property tax assessment of $1,768,400 for a decade, which supports city revenue without direct city financial assistance for the plant. Local workers may benefit from the roughly 250 jobs already at the facility, though the agreement itself does not directly add new positions.
The takeaway
Incentive agreements that tie tax rebates to a minimum assessment show how a city can share in the growth of a large private investment while setting clear financial expectations for the next decade.
What happens next
Sioux City Council is scheduled to consider authorizing negotiation of the development agreement on Monday following Nov. 2, 2026, and the minimum assessment period would begin Jan. 1, 2028.
Further reading
For more on the sector behind this deal, explore Agriculture coverage across the region.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Sioux City Journal.
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