What is being built in Orleans?
River View Farms is adding a 60,000-square-foot facility for grading and packaging eggs, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. The company says the project will allow it to double its egg grading capacity at the Orange County operation.
Official sources: IEDC’s October 15 River View Farms announcement
How many jobs are expected, and when?
The announcement sets a goal of as many as 63 additional positions across the egg and swine businesses before 2029 ends. That is a hiring forecast, not a statement that those positions have already been filled.
Official sources: IEDC’s October 15 River View Farms announcement
What is the construction sequence?
The company expects the egg facility to be completed later in 2026. The release says a swine breeding facility and a vehicle wash intended to support biosecurity will follow the egg expansion; it does not give completion dates for those later facilities.
Official sources: IEDC’s October 15 River View Farms announcement
What could change for nearby growers?
The state says the expansion is expected to increase the company’s local grain purchases and create opportunities for growers. It does not identify individual suppliers or announce a purchasing application, so the release does not establish that a particular grower will receive a contract.
Official sources: IEDC’s October 15 River View Farms announcement
Is this a new company coming to Indiana?
No. The release describes an Orleans-based family agricultural business whose original farmstead was purchased in 1920, with an additional egg processing operation in Washington, Indiana. It says the company already employs more than 200 people in Indiana; that existing workforce is separate from the projected additional jobs.
Official sources: IEDC’s October 15 River View Farms announcement
Does the announcement explain how to apply for a job?
It does not provide an employment application link, pay ranges, a list of available positions or a hiring deadline. Those details remain unannounced in this source, and the 2029 job target should not be mistaken for an application cutoff.
Official sources: IEDC’s October 15 River View Farms announcement