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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Smithfield Foods Inc.</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/smithfield-foods-inc" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/smithfield-foods-inc</id><updated>2010-12-23T13:31:42Z</updated><entry><title>Pig Abuse -Company</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/pig-abuse-company-2397747p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-23T13:31:42Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-23:/photo/pig-abuse-company-2397747p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Humane Society of the United States" href="/topic/Humane+Society+of+the+United+States" &gt;Humane Society of the United States&lt;/a&gt; spokesperson, &lt;a title="Paul Shapiro" href="/topic/Paul+Shapiro" &gt;Paul Shapiro&lt;/a&gt;, during a press conference in &lt;a title="Richmond (Virginia)" href="/topic/Richmond+(Virginia)" &gt;Richmond, Va.&lt;/a&gt;, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The Humane Society says it has found what it called "unacceptable and systemic abuses" of female breeding pigs at a &lt;a title="Virginia" hr...</summary><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Animal Rights"></category><category term="Food and Beverage Sector"></category><category term="Food Manufacturing"></category><category term="Animal Slaughtering and Processing"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Virginia"></category><category term="Humane Society of the United States"></category><category term="Richmond (Virginia)"></category><category term="Smithfield Foods Inc."></category><category term="Paul Shapiro"></category><category term="Consumer Non-Cyclicals"></category></entry><entry><title>Earns Smithfield</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/earns-smithfield-2394701p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-09T05:31:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-09:/photo/earns-smithfield-2394701p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Smithfield Foods Inc." href="/topic/Smithfield+Foods+Inc." &gt;Smithfield Foods&lt;/a&gt; products are on display at a Martins food store in &lt;a title="Richmond (Virginia)" href="/topic/Richmond+(Virginia)" &gt;Richmond, Va.&lt;/a&gt;, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010.  Smithfield Foods Inc. reported a record second quarter net income of $143.7 million, or 86 cents per share, as increasing demand for pork led to higher profits and profit margins. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright ...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Food and Beverage Sector"></category><category term="Food Manufacturing"></category><category term="Animal Slaughtering and Processing"></category><category term="Richmond (Virginia)"></category><category term="Smithfield Foods Inc."></category><category term="Consumer Non-Cyclicals"></category></entry><entry><title>Earns Smithfield Foods</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/earns-smithfield-foods-715341p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T10:04:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-10-22:/photo/earns-smithfield-foods-715341p/</id><summary type="html">A Smithfield product is seen on a shelf, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at a grocery store in &lt;a title="Danvers (Massachusetts)" href="/topic/Danvers+(Massachusetts)" &gt;Danvers, Mass.&lt;/a&gt; Pork producer &lt;a title="Smithfield Foods Inc." href="/topic/Smithfield+Foods+Inc." &gt;Smithfield Foods&lt;/a&gt; has reported a 76 percent drop in its fiscal second-quarter earnings Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, as high feed costs linked to skyrocketing grain prices hurt its hog and Butterball turkey operations. (AP Photo/Lisa &lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Animal Production"></category><category term="Hog Farming"></category><category term="Crop Production"></category><category term="Grain and Oilseed Farming"></category><category term="Food and Beverage Sector"></category><category term="Food Manufacturing"></category><category term="Animal Slaughtering and Processing"></category><category term="Grain and Oilseed Milling"></category><category term="Danvers (Massachusetts)"></category><category term="Poole"></category><category term="Smithfield Foods Inc."></category><category term="Consumer Non-Cyclicals"></category></entry><entry><title>Earns Smithfield Food</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/earns-smithfield-food-715332p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T10:04:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-10-22:/photo/earns-smithfield-food-715332p/</id><summary type="html">A Smithfield product is seen on a shelf, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at a grocery store in &lt;a title="Danvers (Massachusetts)" href="/topic/Danvers+(Massachusetts)" &gt;Danvers, Mass.&lt;/a&gt; Pork producer &lt;a title="Smithfield Foods Inc." href="/topic/Smithfield+Foods+Inc." &gt;Smithfield Foods&lt;/a&gt; has reported a 76 percent drop in its fiscal second-quarter earnings Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, as high feed costs linked to skyrocketing grain prices hurt its hog and Butterball turkey operations. (AP Photo/Lisa &lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Animal Production"></category><category term="Hog Farming"></category><category term="Crop Production"></category><category term="Grain and Oilseed Farming"></category><category term="Food and Beverage Sector"></category><category term="Food Manufacturing"></category><category term="Animal Slaughtering and Processing"></category><category term="Grain and Oilseed Milling"></category><category term="Danvers (Massachusetts)"></category><category term="Poole"></category><category term="Smithfield Foods Inc."></category><category term="Consumer Non-Cyclicals"></category></entry><entry><title>SMITHFIELD FOODS</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/smithfield-foods-653343p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-13T05:24:35Z</updated><author><name>ZUMA Press Inc</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-13:/photo/smithfield-foods-653343p/</id><summary type="html">TP_301971_WALL_smithfield_1 (02/17/2009 &lt;a title="Plant City" href="/topic/Plant+City" &gt;Plant City&lt;/a&gt;) Trucks enter the &lt;a title="Smithfield Foods Inc." href="/topic/Smithfield+Foods+Inc." &gt;Smithfield Foods&lt;/a&gt; factory off Lykes Road near Plant City on Tuesday. The factory will close in September, cutting 760 jobs, according to a company spokesman
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