New Illinois Tyson Foods plant breaks ground downstate

CASEYVILLE, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker helped to officially break ground Wednesday at the new Tyson Foods processing plant in downstate Illinois.

Tyson is investing more than $180 million in the plant expansion in Caseyville, making it capable of producing 16 million pounds of product a year.

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The expansion will also create 250 jobs at the facility.

"Tyson's decision to expand in Illinois speaks to our strengths in manufacturing and processing, our world-class infrastructure, and our abundant and highly talented workforce," Pritzker said.

Gov. Pritzker said over half-a-million Illinoisans, and counting, work in manufacturing.