JBS Indefinitely Closes Pork Production Facility in Minnesota

WORTHINGTON, MINN. — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, JBS USA has indefinitely closed its pork production facility in Worthington in Southwest Minnesota. The facility employs more than 2,000 workers and processes 20,000 hogs per day. JBS will wind down operations over the next two days with a diminished staff in order to ensure existing product in the facility can be used to support the food supply. The company will advise its Worthington team members to follow Gov. Tim Walz’s stay-at-home order until returning to work. JBS will continue to pay its team members during the plant closure. JBS operates more than 60 meat, poultry and prepared foods facilities across the country. As of Monday, April 20, there were 2,470 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 143 deaths in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.