Don’t expect to see dirt moving this spring at the northeast Sioux Falls site that was the scene of a fierce political battle last fall.

Wholestone Farms will not be moving forward with a $600 million pork processing plant in this upcoming construction season, Wholestone Chairman Luke Minion said Monday.

The decision follows Wholestone’s move to form a partnership with Prestage Foods in Iowa. That partnership “moves anything we would do in Sioux Falls back. It won’t be this spring,” Minion said.

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