Items Tagged with 'Smithfield Foods'

Tyson Foods downsizes operations in Georgia while Smithfield Foods advanced plans for public stock trading in the United States.

Worker layoffs in Iowa agribusiness have extended to the meat processing industry with Smithfield Foods' closure of its ham boning facility at Altoona, and intensified in farm equipment manufacturing, as John Deere cut another 300 jobs.

Alexandra (Alex) Dunn has been named the new president and chief executive officer of CropLife America and Smithfield Foods has named Kraig Westerbeek president of its hog production operations.

Ken Barbic has joined Invariant as a new principal of the food and agriculture practice group and Vestaron has selected Juan Estupinan as the company’s interim CEO and president.

Agrichemical company Syngenta is now weighing its next steps after being issued a stern ultimatum by the Arkansas attorney general: divest of 160 acres of land within two years or face legal action.

Smithfield Foods plans to shutter one of its existing pork processing facilities by the end of the year and shift its operations to a nearby plant, echoing a trend observed throughout the meatpacking industry.

Former FDA Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas has joined Wiliot and Janie Hipp has started a new job as the CEO and president of the Native Agriculture Financial Services.

Environmental claims, including those related to carbon reductions, need to be better defined and policed, commenters told the Federal Trade Commission as it considers revisions to guidance long used by industry.

“The escalating cost of doing business in California” has driven Smithfield Foods to close their Farmer John processing plant in Vernon, California, this month.