date:May 31, 2013
ges that are necessary, Smithfield's Chief Executive Larry Pope said on a conference call with analysts on Wednesday morning in reference to its reduced use of ractopamine. The rest of the industry is simply going to have to make their own decisions ... I think the industry will see this as sort of a lightning rod to make the change.
Indeed, the U.S. livestock supply chain could face some hard choices in the coming years. One key issue: How to convince an ever-more skeptical U.S. consumer to ei