About two-thirds of the $203,777 in 2025 property taxes Conagra paid on its Macon property went to the Macon County R-I School District, county receipts show.
The school district got $134,202.30 of the $203,777.31 total, according to the receipts, which Macon County Collector Rhonda Anno provided to the Macon Chronicle on Friday. The county's own levy got $9,732.14.
The Chronicle reported Nov. 9 that Conagra had told employees it intends to close the plant at 204 Vine St. on Jan. 15, 2027. The state's list of layoff notices shows the closing affects 442 workers.
"All taxing districts are going to feel the loss from this plant closing," Macon County Assessor Jon Kerns said in an email Friday.
"We will also work closely with local officials to ensure all applicable tax incentive agreements are addressed appropriately as operations wind down, including any required repayments," Dan Hare of Conagra said in an email Friday. "We intend to put the facility up for sale."
Hare did not say which agreements could require repayment or how much.
All nine of Conagra's 2025 county tax bills were paid Dec. 3, 2025. Eight are for real estate: the plant and seven smaller parcels on Vine, Goggin, Oak, and Bourke streets, assessed together at $1,550,100. Those bills totaled $81,818.91.
The ninth bill, for business personal property such as equipment, trucks, and trailers, was larger. That property was assessed at $2,425,440, and the bill came to $121,958.40.
Every bill carried the same tax rate, about $5.03 for each $100 of assessed value, and the real estate bills also included a surtax. Besides the school district and the county, the money went to the Hudson Road District, Loch Haven Nursing Home, the Macon County Ambulance District, the health department, the hospital, and other local districts, along with a small state share.
The receipts may not show the whole picture. In December 2024, the City Council approved up to $24 million in taxable industrial revenue bonds for Conagra's equipment project, the Chronicle reported Nov. 9. Under that deal, the company gets a 70 percent property tax abatement on the new equipment and improvements and makes a yearly payment in lieu of taxes for the other 30 percent, which is divided among local taxing districts, according to the council minutes. That payment does not appear on the county receipts.
"The assessed values for Conagra are considerable considering they just spent several million dollars on new product line and updated equipment," Kerns said. "There are some tax relief provided by the City on the improvements."
Kerns said that was about all the information he wanted to share. He did not answer the Chronicle's specific questions, including what happens to the plant's assessment after it closes.
Anno, Presiding Commissioner Dean Still, and City Collector Rebecca Sims were asked Friday about the county budget, city taxes on the plant, and the payment in lieu of taxes. Chariton Media Group did not receive a response in time for publication.