How Lincoln Premium Poultry Built a National-Scale Operation in Nebraska
After a four-state search, Costco chose Fremont for the partnership, infrastructure and workforce needed to support its first fully integrated poultry operation. Lincoln Premium Poultry is proof that a complex food-processing project needs more than an available site. It takes coordinated infrastructure, responsive partners and a workforce capable of delivering at high volume. The AgWorks […]
How Conagra Taps Talent and Innovation in AgWorks Corridor
For food companies, the right location connects more than production inputs. It has all the right pieces: specialized workforce, research capabilities, industry relationships and talent pipeline needed to understand changing consumer preferences and turn ideas into market-ready products. Those connections are central to AgWorks Corridor, an 11-county business ecosystem spanning the greater Lincoln–Omaha region in […]
Built for What Comes Next in Agriculture
The business case for AgWorks Corridor in the words of companies building here AgWorks Corridor is a connected, 11-county business ecosystem spanning the greater Lincoln–Omaha region in Nebraska and Iowa. In the AgWorks Corridor, research, specialized talent, infrastructure, inputs and distribution come together to support agriculture-related companies from startup through commercialization and full-scale production. The […]
The AgWorks Advantage: A Connected Environment for Agricultural Growth
How inputs, research, talent, infrastructure and market access come together across one region. For agriculture companies, a location decision is rarely about a single site. It is about whether the surrounding environment can provide the inputs, people, infrastructure and connections required to move an operation forward. AgWorks Corridor brings all the pieces together across one […]
Companies Don’t Choose Advantages. They Choose Ecosystems Like the AgWorks Corridor.
By Alec Gorynski, Senior Vice President for Economic Development at Select Greater Omaha and Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and Luke Peltz, Vice President at Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development Every region has a familiar pitch: a skilled workforce, available sites, reliable infrastructure, competitive utilities, research institutions and incentives, too. Every one of those things matters. But after years of […]
Why Conagra Brands Is Right Here in Omaha: Location, Talent and Community Matter
For companies evaluating where to expand or relocate, the Greater Omaha region continues to surface as a compelling option. And Conagra Brands offers a clear example. The food company behind brands such as Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-Wip, Duncan Hines, Angie’s BOOMCHICKAPOP and dozens of others have a significant operational presence in Omaha, anchored by a […]
Greater Omaha’s Strategic Strengths Drive Wholestone Prestage’s Growth
Wholestone Prestage anchored its operations in the Greater Omaha area for multiple strategic reasons. And at the center of that strategy is Fremont, Nebraska, where the company operates its headquarters and pork processing facility. Their location places Wholestone Prestage in one of the most productive pork-producing regions in the world, offering direct access to both […]
Lincoln Premium Poultry: Why Greater Omaha Works for Large-Scale Food Processing
When Costco Wholesale set out to build its first fully integrated poultry operation, the company needed more than land and incentives. It needed a location capable of supporting a complex, high-volume food processing operation with long-term reliability. After evaluating sites across the Midwest, Costco chose Fremont, Nebraska, just outside Omaha. “They looked in locations in […]
Seeing Opportunity: Why GoodLife Agriculture Is Expanding in Greater Omaha
Most people see salmon and think coastline. GoodLife Agriculture saw Nebraska. In an industry long anchored to oceans and ports, the company recognized something others may overlook: the greatest opportunity wasn’t along the coasts; it was closer to the customer. That belief is now taking physical shape in Nebraska City, where GoodLife is developing a 250,000-square-foot next-generation seafood processing facility in the Greater Omaha […]
Lincoln Premium Poultry: Why Greater Omaha Works for Large-Scale Food Processing
When Costco Wholesale set out to build its first fully integrated poultry operation, the company needed more than land and incentives. It needed a location capable of supporting a complex, high-volume food processing operation with long-term reliability. After evaluating sites across the Midwest, Costco chose Fremont, Nebraska, just outside Omaha. “They looked in locations in […]