| Pork corporations ending use of torturous crates |
People's WorldMeat company Hormel announced plans to end the practice of keeping most female pigs in small, cramped gestation crates by 2017, following a similar development last year by Smithfield Foods, Inc. Activists are urging other pork producers to follow suit ...
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| Director Melvin Wright Steps Down at Smithfield Foods |
Citybizlist (press release)Melvin O. Wright has quit his board seat at Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE:SFD) after successfully transitioning his responsibilities as chair of the Pension and Investment Committee, according to an SEC filing. Wright, who served as director since 2000, ...
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| HSUS Questions Tyson on Sow Stalls |
Wisconsin Ag ConnectionSmithfield Foods announced last month it will be 100 per cent gestation crate-free for its company-owned operations in five years. And Cargill is already 50 percent gestation crate-free. "Tyson allows pigs to be crammed into crates so small they can't ...
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| Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs |
Crookston Daily TimesSix weeks ago, the world's largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods Inc., said it would stop using gestation crates at its facilities by 2017. Matthew Dominguez, public policy manager for the society's farm animal protection campaign, said the first ...
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| Hormel to phase out gestation crates |
Dalje.comThe company is following in the footsteps of meat producers Tyson, Triumph, Smithfield Foods Inc., and Seaboard to phase out the crates, the Los Angeles Times reported. Hormel raises pigs in facilities in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming, 54000 pigs in ...
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| Ultimate Market Recap: Consumer Banks Get a Boost, Social Media Companies Climbing |
Wall St. Cheat SheetSmithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE:SFD) also increased .58 percent. Despite a 15 percent rise in earnings, shares of Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL) dropped more than 6 percent. “Our underlying business continues to grow behind increased advertising and merchandising, ...
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| Spam maker Hormel to treat its pigs better |
WGN RadioThe crates, which are often so small that the pregnant hogs they house can't move, will also be disavowed within five years by McRib pork provider Smithfield Foods Inc. Seems like nowadays, with more consumers interested in the origin of what they eat, ...
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