Smithfield Foods News

McDonald's Corp. said Monday it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly confine pregnant sows, a move that one animal rights group predicted would have "a seismic impact" on the industry.

Tyson Foods Inc. A jumped almost 5 percent in early trading on Friday.A The company report a profit decline of 48 percent, but an increase of 9.4 percent in sales.A Smithfield Foods Inc.

The think tank Trust Across America has named Smithfield Foods, the parent company of John Morrell & Co., its most trusted publicly traded company for 2011.

Hormel Foods Corp.'s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017 - a move welcomed Thursday by the Humane Society of the United States, which had pushed for the change.

The market rally is looking very long in the tooth. The GDP report came in light Friday, at 2.8%, most of which was attributable to inventory build.

The selection of entries was finalized by a jury this week, a news release from Smithfield and Isle of Wight County said.

An Isle of Wight County man was killed Monday when his own truck rolled over him in the parking lot of Smithfield Shopping Plaza, according to Smithfield Police Sgt.

CHICAGO &#8212 Fitch Ratings upgraded its credit ratings on Smithfield Foods Inc.

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Although the scandals surrounding small Chinese stocks in 2010 and 2011 never crept as high as the huge companies like Petrochina or Lenovo , Zhongpin did come in for closer scrutiny and doubt.