date:Apr 03, 2013
ve reached out and suggested that Smithfield should not let go of its hog farms, according to the filing.
Smithfield's Pork Segment accounts for 71 percent of the company's sales. The Fresh Pork segment share was 33 percent of sales, while the Packaged Meat segment made up the rest of sales at 38 percent. Fresh pork generated $5.1 billion in sales, and Packaged Meat netted the company $6 billion in sales. The segment is growing at 2 percent to 3 percent annually, according to Smithfield.
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