Articles Tagged with ''Smithfield''

Combined company to have greater access to growing Chinese market, retain food safety & quality control standards.

More than 96% of the votes cast were voted in favor of the transaction.

Net income was $39.5 million in the first quarter, compared to net income of $61.7 million last year.

Smithfield shareholder vote scheduled for September 24, 2013.

The transaction is expected to close in the second half of calendar 2013.

Nearly 600 residents of eastern North Carolina filed farm nuisance disputes last month in Wake County.

C. Larry Pope testified before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Deen has been partnered with Smithfield to promote the brand since September of 2006.

Smithfield Foods Inc., which has agreed to a $4.7 billion bid from Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., was urged by activist investor Starboard Value LP to consider splitting itself up instead.