Smithfield Foods News

When Wesley Batista, the North American boss of Brazilian meatpacker JBS Swift, testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee probing his firm's pending buyout of National Beef Packing and Smithfield Foods beef ...

Top Local Headlines A northwest Iowa man, who's behind bars for sexually abusing a Le Mars, Iowa, woman when she was a teen, will go free.

Shares in Smithfield Foods Inc Tuesday fell to their lowest level in about five years after the U.S. pork producer announced several moves that should help it pay down debt.

Smithfield Foods has seen its shares trimmed nearly 50% in just the past four weeks.

July 3, 2008 at 9:52 am by Michelle Leder Food for thought at Smithfield As we head into the Fourth of July holiday and what will no doubt be a weekend full of BBQs, I can't seem to get a number that I saw in ...

Smithfield Foods Inc., the largest pork processor in the United States, will sell a 5-percent stake to China's COFCO Limited, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

In last week's fourth-quarter earnings report, General Mills reported a 13.4% increase in net sales, with pricing and product mix contributing 8 points toward revenue growth.

A North Carolina worker at a farm that supplies hog meat to Smithfield Foods Inc.

Smithfield Foods Inc. shares sank more than 13% Tuesday after the hog producer announced deals to boost working capital.

SMITHFIELD, VA. Smithfield Foods Inc. has entered into an agreement with COFCO Limited, China 's largest national agricultural trading and processing company, for the sale of 7,000,000 shares, or 4.95% of ...

You might remember when we broke the news back in December about our undercover investigation at a pig farm in Garland, North Carolina, owned by Murphy Family Ventures, which supplies pig meat to Smithfield ...

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are the auto makers, Anheuser-Busch, Dollar Thrifty, Fortune Brands, Smithfield Foods and UBS.

In connection with the offering, Smithfield intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to $50 million aggregate principal amount of additional convertible notes solely to cover ...

Smithfield Foods Inc. , the parent company of Patrick Cudahy Inc. in Cudahy, has agreed to merge its venture in Europe with Spain's Campofrio Alimentacion SA in a bid to create the largest processed-meats ...

Town officials on Tuesday presented scaled-back proposals for housing at the James-Washington streets intersection.

Smithfield Foods Inc.'s shares sank 19.5 percent, or $4.80 each, to $19.85 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

The European subsidiary of Smithfield Foods is attempting to merge with Campofrio Alimentacion, S.A., the largest processed meats company in Spain.

The European subsidiary of Smithfield Foods is attempting to merge with Campofrio Alimentacion, S.A., the largest processed meats company in Spain.

The acquisitions would make JBS Swift the largest beef processor in the U.S., and could harm domestic cattle ranchers and beef consumers by substantially reducing competition, Sen.

Sade Morris is looking for a fair chance to work. Miss Morris , 22, was injured at Smithfield Foods' huge meat-packing plant in Tar Heel, N.C., that has come under fire for staunchly resisting a worker ...