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HyLife’s very first 5k run/walk was a true success!  On Saturday, June 11th, 2022, the community of Windom, Minnesota gathered downtown to take part in the HyLife HyFive Community Run; an initiative to give back to the town where our United States’ plant is located,...

We appreciate our employees and always look for BIG and small ways to say thanks. In a recent company-wide contest, Chris Roque, Killarney local Swine Tech, was awarded a XLarge Big Green Egg Smoker. Surrounded by coworkers and friends, Chris was shocked to find out...

Over the weekend of May 27-29, 2022, yellow, blue, and green balloons filled the crowd! Mascot HyLife Hydee put smiles on kids' faces all weekend long and families gathered around the HyLife Family Tent at the Neepawa Chamber Fair. The 2022 community fair season has...

At HyLife, we believe in taking care of our employees and communities. In April 2022, we officially announced our We Care program in Neepawa. This initiative aims to help our employees by listening, supporting our HyLife culture, and positively impacting the...

For nearly two decades, HyLife has officially been recognized as an industry leader, a community-minded company, and an employer of choice. Since 2004, we have been named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. Today, we are proud to share that we have once again...

HyLife has become the biggest company by total operations in Manitoba, within the manufacturing and food industry sectors, to achieve SAFE Work Certified by Made Safe status. “We are truly honoured to receive this historic certification. At HyLife, we have always been...

HyLife's founders Don Janzen, Claude Vielfaure, and Denis Vielfaure were recognized with a Manitoba Pork Industry Award in the category of Industry Builder at this year's Manitoba Pork AGM last week at the Fairmount Hotel in Winnipeg. There was a lot of energy and...

She has more than 25 years of experience in citizenship and immigration law; HyLife’s in-house legal counsel, Baerbel Langner, is clearly an expert in her field. Langner is one of twenty Manitobans recently appointed to a newly created Immigration Advisory Council....

Playoff hockey always brings a new level of energy and excitement to players and fans. Friday, March 25, 2022, set the stage for opening night of the MJHL Playoffs and HyLife reeved up that energy and excitement into high gear! HyLife was pleased to join the first...

At HyLife, we are constantly Striving To Be The Best, showing our support in many ways, such as assisting individuals in need with yard work, donating non-perishable goods to the local food bank, or sponsoring an event. Tom Seigfreid, CFO & Senior Director of...

When she was young, growing up in Thailand, she dreamed of traveling and exploring the globe as a tourist. Tunyaluk Tongutaisri, who is also known as Ice, has certainly been on a journey. An extremely successful career, lead to packing her bags two years ago and...

What a game. What a crowd. Delicious pork! At HyLife, we are committed to the communities in which we live and work. On February 12, 2022 HyLife was the gameday sponsor for the match off between the Neepawa Titans and the Virden Oil Capitals at the Yellowhead Centre...

HyLife is committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work. As a company, we aim to support local projects, organizations, and initiatives that make life better for our neighbours, families, and friends. We encourage our employees to also get...

At HyLife, we value the strength and dedication of our local first responders. We understand that throughout this pandemic, while many stay home, emergency workers continue to be called upon to save lives and serve our communities. As a small gesture of appreciation,...

Cristian Maldonado Medina is part of a very special group. He is one of our HyLife Windom We Care team members.  Launched in June of 2021, with a clear purpose, We Care actively listens to our employees and helps answer their questions. To create a culture of...

At HyLife, community consultation matters. On January 5th, residents in the Manitoba RM of Deloraine-Winchester attended a safe, welcoming, and informative open house at the municipal Community Complex.  This was an opportunity for HyLife to share details on a...

For the past two decades, Rudy Kroeker has been clocking miles behind the wheel, moving feed, for HyLife.  Driving seems to run in the family, Rudy’s father drove professionally, and five out of seven brothers also spent time on the road. “I used to ride along with my...

At HyLife, we are proud to share our story, our values, and our community-driven focus whenever possible. Recently in Windom, Minnesota, Thor Eiriksson, Executive Director of Operations, had the opportunity to sit down with the local paper to do just that. The Citizen...

At HyLife, we consistently strive to give back to the communities in where we live and work. This holiday season, we set out to collect donations of non-perishable foods and personal care products for food banks in the local communities across various locations. Our...

Hylife is always looking for ways to support our community. Our Local Heroes campaign embraces the idea that anyone can make their neighbourhood, town, or city a better place. We are committed to celebrating people who make a difference and are currently selecting...

HyLife is excited to announce that earlier this year, the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2021. CP, under Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has had majority ownership of HyLife since 2019. “This is great news,” said...

HyLife announces a new four-story 220 plus employee head office in Steinbach’s Millbrook Market development. “We are excited to share this news with our community,” said HyLife’s President and CEO, Grant Lazaruk. “This new facility, along with the recent additions and...

Earlier this year, HyLife employees Kevin Verestiuk and Darwin Dequito were awarded with the HyLife annual volunteer of the year awards. Kevin and Darwin both exemplify tremendous commitment to their communities through volunteerism and were recognized by their peers...

Barak Doell is a recent Biosystems Engineering graduate from the University of Manitoba. In August of 2020, he accepted a full-time position at HyLife as an Industrial Engineer in the Continuous Improvement department. Barak spends most of his time working on...

HyLife is excited to announce the completion of Project West, a 17 Million dollar, newly renovated 41,000 square foot employee wellness space at the company’s Neepawa pork plant. "Today is a very special day; it is our grand opening of the first phase of Project...

For more information about Soup’s On visit this link: http://www.steinbachsoupson.com/ Part of our mission statement at HyLife says that we take care of our communities. This holiday season we were able to provide a $5,000 donation to Soup’s On Steinbach in support of...

HyLife is excited to announce the Neepawa multi-use trail park's official name – HyLife Back Forty. The Town of Neepawa, together with the Neepawa Regional Recreation Steering Committee, have developed forty acres of land into a four-season, accessible recreation...

We are excited to continue to support the community through our annual HyLife Fun Days charity event. This year’s event didn’t occur because of the onset of COVID-19. However, that hasn’t changed our intended impact by announcing a $200,500 donation that will be...

Parts of this article are from a June 18th www.anacan.org release At the end of 2019, HyLife's founders, Don Janzen, Denis Vielfaure and Claude Vielfaure made the decision to retire. Their careers may be over but their impact on the industry still remains today. This...

HyLife is pleased to announce a donation of $100,000 to the Neepawa & Area Multi-Use Trail Park. The Town of Neepawa, together with the Neepawa Regional Recreation Steering Committee, is developing 40 acres into a four-season, accessible recreation space that can...

HyLife was the recipient of ITOCHU’s Best Management of the Year Award. ITOCHU has had minority ownership in HyLife since 2012. ITOCHU, headquartered in Japan, presents annual awards to recognize the hard work from approximately 300 organizations that they directly...

HyLife is excited to partner with Glen Taylor, purchasing 75% equity interest of Prime Pork LLC from Taylor Corporation. Prime Pork, a recently renovated processing facility that produces, processes, and sells pork products out of Windom, Minnesota. The plant...

HyLife is pleased to announce a contribution of $750,000 to support local hospitals. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health services across the world have been relied upon as the frontline defense of their communities. Hospitals continue to provide critical...

HyLife is excited to announce today the purchase of ProVista’s hog farming operations. ProVista currently ranks as one of Canada’s largest independent hog farming operations with most of its production located in Manitoba. The acquisition consists of 37,000 sows,...

The spring meat order in La Broquerie was a big success! Our dedicated team went above and beyond last week, helping stock up employees' vehicles with premium HyLife pork products. The employee meat program happens twice every year. To say thank to all employees,...

  HyLifePork is now available at retail in Canada for the first time. HyLife has partnered with Earl’s Meat Market in Steinbach, Manitoba to bring world-class eating experiences to our employees and communities. Because of an all-in approach to delivering the...

HyLife’s very first 5k run/walk was a true success!  On Saturday, June 11th, 2022, the community of Windom, Minnesota gathered downtown to take part in the HyLife HyFive Community Run; an initiative to give back to the town where our United States’ plant is located,...

We appreciate our employees and always look for BIG and small ways to say thanks. In a recent company-wide contest, Chris Roque, Killarney local Swine Tech, was awarded a XLarge Big Green Egg Smoker. Surrounded by coworkers and friends, Chris was shocked to find out...

Over the weekend of May 27-29, 2022, yellow, blue, and green balloons filled the crowd! Mascot HyLife Hydee put smiles on kids' faces all weekend long and families gathered around the HyLife Family Tent at the Neepawa Chamber Fair. The 2022 community fair season has...

At HyLife, we believe in taking care of our employees and communities. In April 2022, we officially announced our We Care program in Neepawa. This initiative aims to help our employees by listening, supporting our HyLife culture, and positively impacting the...

For nearly two decades, HyLife has officially been recognized as an industry leader, a community-minded company, and an employer of choice. Since 2004, we have been named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. Today, we are proud to share that we have once again...

HyLife has become the biggest company by total operations in Manitoba, within the manufacturing and food industry sectors, to achieve SAFE Work Certified by Made Safe status. “We are truly honoured to receive this historic certification. At HyLife, we have always been...

HyLife's founders Don Janzen, Claude Vielfaure, and Denis Vielfaure were recognized with a Manitoba Pork Industry Award in the category of Industry Builder at this year's Manitoba Pork AGM last week at the Fairmount Hotel in Winnipeg. There was a lot of energy and...

She has more than 25 years of experience in citizenship and immigration law; HyLife’s in-house legal counsel, Baerbel Langner, is clearly an expert in her field. Langner is one of twenty Manitobans recently appointed to a newly created Immigration Advisory Council....

Playoff hockey always brings a new level of energy and excitement to players and fans. Friday, March 25, 2022, set the stage for opening night of the MJHL Playoffs and HyLife reeved up that energy and excitement into high gear! HyLife was pleased to join the first...

At HyLife, we are constantly Striving To Be The Best, showing our support in many ways, such as assisting individuals in need with yard work, donating non-perishable goods to the local food bank, or sponsoring an event. Tom Seigfreid, CFO & Senior Director of...

When she was young, growing up in Thailand, she dreamed of traveling and exploring the globe as a tourist. Tunyaluk Tongutaisri, who is also known as Ice, has certainly been on a journey. An extremely successful career, lead to packing her bags two years ago and...

What a game. What a crowd. Delicious pork! At HyLife, we are committed to the communities in which we live and work. On February 12, 2022 HyLife was the gameday sponsor for the match off between the Neepawa Titans and the Virden Oil Capitals at the Yellowhead Centre...

HyLife is committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work. As a company, we aim to support local projects, organizations, and initiatives that make life better for our neighbours, families, and friends. We encourage our employees to also get...

At HyLife, we value the strength and dedication of our local first responders. We understand that throughout this pandemic, while many stay home, emergency workers continue to be called upon to save lives and serve our communities. As a small gesture of appreciation,...

Cristian Maldonado Medina is part of a very special group. He is one of our HyLife Windom We Care team members.  Launched in June of 2021, with a clear purpose, We Care actively listens to our employees and helps answer their questions. To create a culture of...

At HyLife, community consultation matters. On January 5th, residents in the Manitoba RM of Deloraine-Winchester attended a safe, welcoming, and informative open house at the municipal Community Complex.  This was an opportunity for HyLife to share details on a...

For the past two decades, Rudy Kroeker has been clocking miles behind the wheel, moving feed, for HyLife.  Driving seems to run in the family, Rudy’s father drove professionally, and five out of seven brothers also spent time on the road. “I used to ride along with my...

At HyLife, we are proud to share our story, our values, and our community-driven focus whenever possible. Recently in Windom, Minnesota, Thor Eiriksson, Executive Director of Operations, had the opportunity to sit down with the local paper to do just that. The Citizen...

At HyLife, we consistently strive to give back to the communities in where we live and work. This holiday season, we set out to collect donations of non-perishable foods and personal care products for food banks in the local communities across various locations. Our...

Hylife is always looking for ways to support our community. Our Local Heroes campaign embraces the idea that anyone can make their neighbourhood, town, or city a better place. We are committed to celebrating people who make a difference and are currently selecting...

HyLife is excited to announce that earlier this year, the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2021. CP, under Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has had majority ownership of HyLife since 2019. “This is great news,” said...

HyLife announces a new four-story 220 plus employee head office in Steinbach’s Millbrook Market development. “We are excited to share this news with our community,” said HyLife’s President and CEO, Grant Lazaruk. “This new facility, along with the recent additions and...

Earlier this year, HyLife employees Kevin Verestiuk and Darwin Dequito were awarded with the HyLife annual volunteer of the year awards. Kevin and Darwin both exemplify tremendous commitment to their communities through volunteerism and were recognized by their peers...

Barak Doell is a recent Biosystems Engineering graduate from the University of Manitoba. In August of 2020, he accepted a full-time position at HyLife as an Industrial Engineer in the Continuous Improvement department. Barak spends most of his time working on...

HyLife is excited to announce the completion of Project West, a 17 Million dollar, newly renovated 41,000 square foot employee wellness space at the company’s Neepawa pork plant. "Today is a very special day; it is our grand opening of the first phase of Project...

For more information about Soup’s On visit this link: http://www.steinbachsoupson.com/ Part of our mission statement at HyLife says that we take care of our communities. This holiday season we were able to provide a $5,000 donation to Soup’s On Steinbach in support of...

HyLife is excited to announce the Neepawa multi-use trail park's official name – HyLife Back Forty. The Town of Neepawa, together with the Neepawa Regional Recreation Steering Committee, have developed forty acres of land into a four-season, accessible recreation...

We are excited to continue to support the community through our annual HyLife Fun Days charity event. This year’s event didn’t occur because of the onset of COVID-19. However, that hasn’t changed our intended impact by announcing a $200,500 donation that will be...

Parts of this article are from a June 18th www.anacan.org release At the end of 2019, HyLife's founders, Don Janzen, Denis Vielfaure and Claude Vielfaure made the decision to retire. Their careers may be over but their impact on the industry still remains today. This...

HyLife is pleased to announce a donation of $100,000 to the Neepawa & Area Multi-Use Trail Park. The Town of Neepawa, together with the Neepawa Regional Recreation Steering Committee, is developing 40 acres into a four-season, accessible recreation space that can...

HyLife was the recipient of ITOCHU’s Best Management of the Year Award. ITOCHU has had minority ownership in HyLife since 2012. ITOCHU, headquartered in Japan, presents annual awards to recognize the hard work from approximately 300 organizations that they directly...

HyLife is excited to partner with Glen Taylor, purchasing 75% equity interest of Prime Pork LLC from Taylor Corporation. Prime Pork, a recently renovated processing facility that produces, processes, and sells pork products out of Windom, Minnesota. The plant...

HyLife is pleased to announce a contribution of $750,000 to support local hospitals. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health services across the world have been relied upon as the frontline defense of their communities. Hospitals continue to provide critical...

HyLife is excited to announce today the purchase of ProVista’s hog farming operations. ProVista currently ranks as one of Canada’s largest independent hog farming operations with most of its production located in Manitoba. The acquisition consists of 37,000 sows,...