Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers: Tyson Foods will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, the meatpacker said on Monday ...
reuters.com/markets/commodities/tyson-foods-close-iowa-pork-plant-with-1200-workers-2024-03-11/
Conservative investor drops Tyson Foods over immigration flap: Misinformation about Tyson's hiring practices has circulated online since Bloomberg first reported ...
axios.com/local/nw-arkansas/2024/03/19/conservative-investor-tyson-foods-immigration
The truth about China’s influence on American agriculture: Chinese ownership of agricultural land does not threaten our ability to produce food.
thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4534923-the-truth-about-chinas-influence-on-american-agriculture/
Smithfield funds $250K scholarship at Mount Olive University: Smithfield Foods has established a $250,000 endowed scholarship programme at University of Mount ...
newfoodmagazine.com/news/226074/smithfield-funds-250k-scholarship-at-mount-olive-university/
Tyson reports earnings beat, but high beef prices stress its consumers: Tyson Foods (TSN.N) reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday and said ...
reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/tyson-foods-posts-better-than-expected-q1-results-beef-business-swings-loss-2024-02-05/
Smithfield Foods again cuts jobs in Beaver County. Here’s why this time is different.
sltrib.com/news/business/2024/02/01/smithfield-foods-again-cuts-jobs/
US pork producers in 2023 are looking at their least profitable year on record: Even bacon-crazy Americans can't fully offset a broader slump in demand
qz.com/us-pork-producers-in-2023-are-looking-at-their-least-pr-1851093618
Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply
reuters.com/markets/commodities/smithfield-foods-ends-contracts-with-26-us-pig-farms-citing-oversupply-2023-12-06/
This Company Is Polluting A Predominantly Black Town With Pig Manure. And The Government Is Making It Easier For Them To Do It
essence.com/news/company-polluting-black-town-pig-manure-documentary/
What Would It Mean to Treat Animals Fairly?: Elizabeth Barber on Martha Nussbaum’s “Justice for Animals”; Peter Singer’s “Animal Liberation Now ...
newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-would-it-mean-to-treat-animals-fairly
Quick Glance: Animal Welfare: A Deeper Perspective
- As per Smithfield's denial of animal mistreatment, the piglets were valued at around forty-two dollars each, but both exhibited signs of illness such as diarrhea.
- This indicated their unlikely survival and eventual disposal, similar to millions of farm animals yearly.
- An estimated fifteen million animals, including mice, rats, cats, dogs, birds, and nonhuman primates, are currently used for research in the U.S.
- Only four percent of Americans are vegetarians, with approximately eighty-three billion animals being killed for food annually.
Chinese-owned pork producer Smithfield prepares for US listing - WSJ: Smithfield Foods' Chinese owner WH Group (0288.HK) is working with banks to take the U.S ...
reuters.com/markets/deals/chinese-owned-pork-producer-smithfield-prepares-us-listing-wsj-2023-10-19/
WSJ News Exclusive | Chinese-Owned Pork Producer Smithfield Prepares for U.S. Listing
wsj.com/business/chinese-owned-pork-producer-smithfield-prepares-for-u-s-listing-567e6164
This Utah county ‘hit the panic button’ when a big employer left. Here’s what happened next.
sltrib.com/news/business/2023/11/06/this-rural-utah-countys-biggest/
Meat Producer Smithfield Foods to Close North Carolina Pork Plant Amid Downturn: Smithfield Foods Inc. will close a North Carolina pork plant, the latest move in ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-09/smithfield-to-close-north-carolina-pork-plant-amid-downturn
More than 100 Charlotte plant workers given a choice: Relocate or lose your job: Smithfield Foods closing pork-processing plant in Charlotte NC moving it near ...
charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article280485719.html
The largest pig farmers worldwide: The new ranking | agrarheute.com: Globally, there are now 50 pig producer giants, each owning more than 100,000 sows.
agrarheute.com/tier/schwein/groessten-schweinehalter-weltweit-neue-ranking-610224
Smithfield employees donate over 25,000 pounds of food: Supporting hunger relief efforts during Hunger Action Month, Smithfield employees have donated more than ...
newfoodmagazine.com/news/195083/over-25000-pounds-of-food-donated-by-smithfield-employees/
Illegal muscle-building drug found in some U.S. pork exports : Mexican officials blocked two shipments of pork after they found clenbuterol ...
washingtonpost.com/food/2023/07/21/pork-smithfield-exports-clenbuterol/
Smithfield closes 35 pig farms: structural change also in the USA | agrarheute.com
agrarheute.com/tier/schwein/smithfield-schliesst-35-schweinefarmen-strukturbruch-usa-610173
What's in a hot dog? Beef, pork, and a complicated history of class dynamics: Jamie Loftus travelled the United States in 2021 to learn more about the hot dog ...
cbc.ca/radio/sunday/hot-dog-history-1.6911676
Utah officers shut down animal rights activists. Now their county is paying the protesters thousands.
sltrib.com/news/2023/08/15/utah-officers-shut-down-animal/
Utah activists win $52K in free speech case following Smithfield Foods piglet rescue trial
youtube.com/shorts/Y1H1ZIU5uP8
Interactive: Where home sales are headed in St. Louis: Find out how home sales have changed recently, which areas have the most home listings ...
stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/interactive-where-home-sales-are-headed-in-st-louis/article_a6f658df-974f-56ec-9423-4c5259910edd.html
Tyson plant closures hit two small Missouri towns, which will lose 2,200 jobs: The closures of Tyson Foods plants in southern Missouri will be a hit to small ...
stltoday.com/news/local/business/tyson-plant-closures-hit-two-small-missouri-towns-which-will-lose-2-200-jobs/article_b4771d9e-3534-11ee-b9fb-b35efbbd2797.html
Heartland lawmakers push bans on Chinese purchases of American farms: With relations between the United States and China near a 40-year low, Chinese ownership of ...
washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/04/04/china-farm-land-tensions/
Crystal Heath: Smithfield has stranglehold on Utah and Beaver County : The enemy at the gates isn’t someone leafleting about Smithfield in Beaver County
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/05/05/heath-smithfield-has-stranglehold/
Beaver judge finds animal activist guilty of trespassing, disorderly conduct during Pioneer Day event
sltrib.com/news/2023/04/26/beaver-judge-finds-animal-activist/
Curtis Vollmar: Is free speech dead in rural Utah?: “Do you realize you’re not wanted in this community?”
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/04/23/curtis-vollmar-is-free-speech-dead/
Smithfield Foods and Utah Pork Producers have donated 140,000 servings of #protein to Utah Food Bank www.newfoodmagazine.com/news/190580/utah-food-bank-receives-important-protein-donation/ #foodinsecurity #fooddonation
Nicholas D. Kristof: Spy cams show what the pork industry tries to hide: Nicholas D. Kristof writes that spy cams show what the pork industry ties to hide
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/07/nicholas-d-kristof-spy-cams-show/
Smithfield to donate food to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank: On Wednesday, Smithfield representatives will present the donations and provide lunch for employees at ...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/smithfield-to-donate-food-to-blue-ridge-area-food-bank/article_198aa6fc-98ef-11ed-8d43-2fe07b779ffc.html
Farmer John’s laid-off workers offered free training, new prospects: Parent company Smithfield Foods, which acquired Farmer John in 2017, announced it will be ...
dailynews.com/2023/02/16/farmer-johns-laid-off-workers-offered-free-training-new-prospects
I snuck into a California pig slaughterhouse. What I saw was horrific: Undercover video footage shows pigs screaming, gasping for air and thrashing violently
sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/animal-rights-slaughterhouse-17772460.php
Bill targets removing injured or sick livestock after not-guilty verdict against animal rights activists
sltrib.com/news/business/2023/02/06/bill-would-narrow-animal/
R. Lynn Carlson: Bill would undermine Utah’s jury system: R. Lynn Carlson writes that a proposed bill would undermine Utah’s jury system
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/01/31/r-lynn-carlson-bill-would/
Business groups signal opposition to ban on foreign ownership of Missouri farmland
stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/business-groups-signal-opposition-to-ban-on-foreign-ownership-of-missouri-farmland/article_0af21022-d7c3-591d-8e9a-b6a5ca1f1cb5.html
Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers: Animal rights activists have captured the first hidden-camera video from inside a carbon dioxide ...
wired.com/story/dex-pig-slaughterhouse-gas-chambers-videos/
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Ammonia release at North Carolina food plant sends 4 workers to hospital, company says
charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article270855157.html
Lawsuit accuses largest US meat producers of wage fixing: A class-action federal lawsuit is accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers of ...
seattletimes.com/business/lawsuit-accuses-largest-us-meat-producers-of-wage-fixing/
JBS buys 'certain assets' of major Iowa hog producer TriOak Foods: The acquisition gives the Brazil-based meatpacking giant more control of the hog supply in ...
desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2022/12/05/major-iowa-hog-producer-trioak-foods-reaches-deal-with-jbs-livestock-pigs-pork/69695267007/
Jurors Acquit Animal Rights Activists Who Saved Piglets at Smithfield Foods Factory Farm
democracynow.org/2022/10/10/headlines/jurors_acquit_animal_rights_activists_who_saved_piglets_at_smithfield_foods_factory_farm
Activists Acquitted in Trial for Taking Piglets From Smithfield Foods: The nation’s largest pork producer argued that the removal of two sick piglets was a case ...
theintercept.com/2022/10/08/smithfield-animal-rights-piglets-trial/
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Opinion | The Real Questions We Should be Asking After the Smithfield Piglet Case
commondreams.org/views/2022/10/13/real-questions-we-should-be-asking-after-smithfield-piglet-case
Animal welfare activists are acquitted in Smithfield piglet case: Animal welfare advocates say the trial has also become a showcase of corporate power ...
nytimes.com/2022/10/08/science/animals-rights-piglets-smithfield.html
Figure cited in Missouri’s US Senate race retracted: The size of Smithfield Foods’ parent company’s holdings of Missouri farmland was inflated.
stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/figure-cited-in-missouri-s-us-senate-race-retracted/article_1c4e78ca-b5a2-5ce4-9569-dc5ee272a109.html
Smithfield Foods to pay $75 million in pork price-fixing settlement: The Smithfield, Virginia-based company, a unit of China’s WH Group Ltd., denied liability
stltoday.com/business/local/smithfield-foods-to-pay-75-million-in-pork-price-fixing-settlement/article_da3328c9-a462-5df6-b515-55aa0341c0cd.html
Foreign farm ownership in Missouri: A complex legacy: Trudy Busch Valentine, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, has made it a campaign issue.
stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/foreign-farm-ownership-in-missouri-a-complex-legacy/article_fd10098f-28fe-5408-aa87-e4a25153236b.html
Giant pork producer JBS to pay $20 million to settle price fixing lawsuit: The company admitted no wrongdoing, but said it will participate in a case against ...
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/09/19/accused-pork-price-fixing-jbs-reaches-settlement-laswuit/10428927002/
Who’s to Blame for a Factory Shutdown: A Company, or California?: The closing of a meatpacking plant near downtown Los Angeles has left its workers reeling and ...
nytimes.com/2022/08/01/business/economy/smithfield-california-factory.html
Jonathan Frohnmayer: Big Pork is tipping the scales of justice in Utah: Jonathan Frohnmayer writes that Big Pork is tipping the scales of justice in Utah
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/09/01/jonathan-frohnmayer-big-pork-is/
Utah judge concerned about protesters turning trial of animal rights activists into a ‘three-ring circus’ — Here’s what to know
sltrib.com/news/2022/08/29/heres-how-trial-activists-who/
Smithfield Foods settles pork price-fixing lawsuit for $42M: OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Smithfield Foods will pay restaurants and caterers $42 million to settle a ...
apnews.com/article/lawsuits-c8f79cbf9a104d5801b3eb5aa4f2685e
Joey Chestnut put protestor into a chokehold during hot dog contest: The protestor interrupted the hot dog eating contest to draw attention to Smithfield Foods ...
insider.com/joey-chestnut-put-protestor-into-chokehold-during-hot-dog-contest-2022-7
Utah police intimidated animal-rights activists and blamed them for pig farm layoffs, lawsuit says
sltrib.com/news/2022/08/03/utah-police-intimidated-animal/
The smelly, quirky Farmer John meatpacking plant is closing: Many neighbors of the Vernon slaughterhouse are glad to be free of its stench. However ...
latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-11/farmer-john-plant-to-close
World hot dog eating champion chokes on stage - but not on sausages: This is the moment a champion competitive eater puts a protester in a chokehold for ...
metro.co.uk/2022/07/05/world-hot-dog-eating-champion-chokes-on-stage-but-not-on-sausages-16943817/
The Plot to Keep Meatpacking Plants Open During COVID-19: Newly released documents reveal that the meatpacking industry’s callousness toward the health of its ...
propublica.org/article/documents-covid-meatpacking-tyson-smithfield-trump
The Plot to Keep Meatpacking Plants Open During COVID-19: Newly released documents reveal that the meatpacking industry’s callousness toward the health of its ...
propublica.org/article/documents-covid-meatpacking-tyson-smithfield-trump
Meatpackers misled public, successfully lobbied Trump administration to limit COVID rules, congressional report alleges
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/05/12/meatpackers-trump-administration-limits-covid-rules-safety-coronavirus/9738189002/
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1 in 4 employees in this Utah county work for one company — and it’s cutting jobs
sltrib.com/news/2022/06/14/employees-this-utah/
Meat companies lied about shortages, lobbied USDA amid pandemic: Meatpackers knew they were hotbeds for coronavirus transmission but lied about shortages to keep ...
businessinsider.com/meat-companies-shortages-usda-pandemic-jbs-tyson-smithfield-coronavirus-covid-2022-5
The Daily Buzz: The Utah County attorney election continues to heat up: Listen to ‘The Daily Buzz’ podcast to hear the latest news each weekday morning from The ...
sltrib.com/news/2022/06/15/daily-buzz-utah-county/
Hahn vows to help workers to be displaced by closure of Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon
dailynews.com/2022/06/11/hahn-vows-to-help-workers-to-be-displaced-by-closure-of-farmer-john-slaughterhouse-in-vernon
Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon to close, citing high-cost California: Company officials said it is providing “transition assistance” to employees at ...
whittierdailynews.com/2022/06/10/farmer-john-meatpacking-plant-in-vernon-to-close-citing-high-cost-california
Report: Trump officials, meat execs knew workers were at risk: The report cited a message that a Koch Foods executive sent a lobbyist in the spring of 2020 that ...
mercurynews.com/2022/05/12/report-trump-officials-meat-execs-knew-workers-were-at-risk
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