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     • Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, was acquired by a Chinese firm in 2013 for nearly $5 billion -- more than the company’s market value.
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   What happened to Smithfield Foods?

   • The end of slaughtering in Smithfield, Virginia, is the latest reconfiguration for the company's namesake plant and follows a months-long internal review of its East Coast operations, Smithfield Foods said in a statement.

   Smithfield Foods stops slaughtering pigs at U.S. hometown plant

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   Who is Smithfield Foods?

   • Smithfield Foods is a Virginia-based company and is the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer; it produces a variety of brand name meats and partnered with a Chinese company long before the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Fact check: Smithfield, owned by Chinese firm, sells US-processed meat

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   Will Smithfield Foods end contracts with hog farms in Utah?

   • REUTERS/Tom Polansek/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights CHICAGO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply.

   Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply

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   Did Smithfield Foods stop slaughtering pigs?

   • He also won awards from the North American Agricultural Journalists. Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, has stopped slaughtering pigs in the United States' so-called ham capital, where the company was founded 85 years ago.

   Smithfield Foods stops slaughtering pigs at U.S. hometown plant

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     EEOC Accuses Smithfield Foods of Terminating Employee Due to Age, Not Relocation Denial

     Smithfield's] sole proffered justification for including Hahn in their RIF is an alleged refusal to relocate her employment to Smithfield, Virginia, the complaint said. The group of at least 18 employees whom [the defendants] did not terminate included at least one 30-year-old senior sales account manager who worked remotely,

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     Smithfield Foods donates 38,000 pounds of protein to feed Kansas veterans

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4. www.smithfieldtimes.com › 2024/01/24 › end-of-an-eraEnd of an era: Smithfield Foods discontinues Genuine ...

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   Jan 24, 2024 · Smithfield Foods has stopped producing the brand-name Genuine Smithfield Hams that have become synonymous with the company’s namesake town. “We have decided to discontinue production of Smithfield Genuine Hams in 2024,” Smithfield Vice President of Corporate Affairs Jim Monroe confirmed in a Jan. 24 email to The Smithfield Times.

5. www.reuters.com › markets › commoditiesSmithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing ...

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   Dec 6, 2023 · CHICAGO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face...

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7. www.pbs.org › newshour › showWho’s behind the Chinese takeover of world’s biggest pork ...

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   Sep 12, 2014 · PBS NewsHour. Learn more. Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, was acquired by a Chinese firm in 2013 for nearly $5 billion -- more than the company’s market value. The...

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Smithfield_FoodsSmithfield Foods - Wikipedia

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   Smithfield Foods began its growth in 1981 with the purchase of Gwaltney of Smithfield, followed by the acquisition of nearly 40 companies between then and 2008, including: Eckrich; Farmland Foods of Kansas City; John Morrell; Murphy Family Farms of North Carolina; Circle Four Farms of Utah; Premium Standard Farms; Nathan's Famous; Healthy Ones

9. www.reuters.com › world › usSmithfield Foods stops slaughtering pigs at U.S. hometown plant

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   Jul 13, 2021 · Smithfield's facility has the capacity to kill about 10,000 hogs a day but has been slaughtering roughly 7,000 to 7,500 hogs daily, said Steve Meyer, economist for consultancy Partners for...

10. www.usatoday.com › story › newsFact check: Smithfield Foods is not selling meat that was ...

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    Apr 14, 2020 · Smithfield Foods, an American meat-processing company, faces criticism in a claim shared by Facebook users saying hogs will be raised in the U.S. and sent to China to be slaughtered and...

11. www.sltrib.com › smithfield-foods-again-cuts-jobsSmithfield Foods cuts more jobs in Beaver County, ends farm ...

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    Feb 1, 2024 · (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Smithfield feed mill in Beaver County will stay open, but the company is ending contracts with 26 of its Utah farms and eliminating more than 70...