A Message from Larry Pope

Dear Smithfield Foods employees,

Here at Smithfield Foods, the summer brings the beginning of a new fiscal year. I'm proud of the success we achieved in fiscal 2012, and fiscal 2013 is already off to a great start.

Our first quarter results underscore the ongoing strength of our packaged meats business, which delivered record margins...

2012 Integrated Report

Each year, we produce both an annual financial report and a sustainability/CSR report. Because sustainability is becoming increasingly embedded in our business, we decided this year to produce an "Integrated Report," which discloses not only our financial results...

Eckrich Assists Military Families

America's military families are getting another well-deserved helping hand, thanks to our fellow employees at Eckrich, a John Morrell Food Group brand.

Eckrich is partnering with Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency financial assistance to the families of United States service members...

Third-party Audit of Murphy-Brown Facilities Again Endorses Continued ISO-14001 Certification

We'd like to congratulate Murphy-Brown LLC, our hog production subsidiary, for receiving 'zero' non-conformances as a result of a third-party audit of its Environmental Management System (EMS) at various facilities.

The auditor said "they have one of the most effective and efficient EMSs that I have seen in 18 years of EMS...

SFDtv

Check out our latest edition of SFDtv---our video series that gives folks an insider's view into the workings of our company, moderated by...