In an initial step toward what could be the first wrongful-death suit of its kind, Texas resident Steven Trunnell has filed a petition against Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, ...

Newly-available U.S. Department of Agriculture documents (published here) show that at Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. near Tar Heel, a pig who had been gassed with carbon dioxide was dumped onto a ...

CHICAGO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods said on Tuesday 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 ...

(Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Monday it will sell 150,000 female pigs to Murphy Family Ventures. The deal will further reduce the number of hogs owned by ...

Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pig and pork producer, announced it would close 35 Missouri farms via the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act — better known as WARN.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it is on track to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- An animal-rights group said Tuesday its undercover investigation has documented animal cruelty at a pig-breeding farm that supplies Smithfield Foods Inc., the nation's largest hog ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. — An independent investigative team is recommending changes following mistreatment of breeding pigs at a farm operated by a Smithfield Foods Inc. subsidiary. The Virginian-Pilot ...

CHICAGO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, is permanently closing 35 hog farm sites in Missouri and laying off 92 employees in October, according to a Missouri ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Smithfield Foods Inc. is giving consumers a behind-the-scenes look at the world's largest pork producer on the heels of animal abuse allegations at one of its hog farms. The Smithfield ...

American pig farmers are losing so much money that some may soon start selling the corn they would normally use to feed animals, according to the world’s largest hog producer. It’s a sign that ...