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Smithfield describes itself as a leader in ... The company is reasonably integrated as it owns pig farms, but it also holds relationships with some 4,000 independent US family farms.

Smithfield Foods was valued at $7.7 billion after its shares fell 3.2% on Tuesday, in a muted debut that might prompt other IPO candidates to tread cautiously.

was founded in 1936 in Smithfield, Virginia. As the world's largest pig and pork producer, the company owns over 500 farms in the U.S. and contracts with 2,000 additional independent farms.

In December, Smithfield transferred a portion of its hog farming operations to a new venture ... Historically, the company produced roughly half of the pigs it processes. However, it has been ...

Smith said he hasn't seen any evidence yet that bird flu will jump to pigs ... the outbreak began, so Smithfield isn't taking any chances to keep disease risk low. “We basically take the approach that ...

Owning farms let Smithfield raise hogs in a uniform, commercial-scale manner, while breeding pigs that yielded leaner meat. The U.S. pork industry produces more pork than Americans consume.