NYSE, SFD - Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods, Inc., the registrant, together with its subsidiaries, is
referred to in this document as the ?Company?.
General
The Company is the largest hog producer and pork processor in the world and the
fifth largest beef processor in the United States (U.S.). The Company conducts
its business through six reporting segments, Pork, Beef, International, Hog
Production (HP), Other and Corporate, each of which is comprised of a number of
subsidiaries. See Notes 1 and 13 in ?Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data?Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements? for additional
segment and geographic information.
Pork Segment
The Pork segment produces a wide variety of fresh pork and packaged meats
products in the U.S. and markets them nationwide and to numerous foreign
markets, including Japan, Mexico, Canada and Australia. The Pork segment
currently operates over 40 processing plants. ...
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