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Helena’s Old Salt Co‑op seeks federal inspection and markets for a $7M processing project
Summary
Cole Mannix described plans for a federally inspected meat processing facility north of Helena, estimated at about $7 million, cited local zoning limits and uncertainty about inspector availability, and asked lawmakers to consider institutional procurement and other supports to improve market access for small processors.
Cole Mannix, president and founder of Old Salt Co‑op, told the Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation committee his cooperative is building a federally inspected meat processing facility north of Helena and hopes to begin slaughter‑to‑fulfillment operations by October if federal inspection capacity and financing align.
Mannix described the project’s scale and constraints: "this project is about 7,000,000 by the time you pay for the land and all the improvements," he said, and noted the plant’s raw top‑line capacity could be about 150 head per week while the practical…
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