date:Jun 04, 2013
arable land to produce enough feed, he was quoted as saying. Smithfield, which raises some 15 million pigs a year and processes 27 million, producing more than 6 billion pounds (2.7 billion kilograms) of pork, could help China bring more pork to its people.
Smithfield also has an edge over other US producers in that just under half of the hogs it processes daily aren't fed ractopamine, a lean-muscle drug banned in China but still used in the US. Moreover, Smithfield CEO Larry Pope has said the