A Message from Dhamu Thamodaran

Dear Smithfield Foods Employees,

Happy New Year to you; I am hopeful that 2012 will be a great year for our company and for you personally. In past letters, our executives have tried to shed some light on their particular area of expertise, and this letter will be no different. My group works in commodity market research and hedging activities-conducting analysis of commodity markets to provide intelligence to our sales/marketing teams, our customers...

A New Look at Our Commitments

Back in November, we launched our new Corporate Social Responsibility website. We've already had folks access the site from 95 countries, in 67 languages!

We wanted to point out a few areas of the site that might be useful to you as you work or as you interact with family, friends, and neighbors. Below are a few highlights of features that may be valuable to you...

Smithfield Packing Makes 100th Donation Under Helping Hungry Homes

Smithfield Packing, one of our independent operating companies, just completed its 100th food donation, totaling 14 million servings of protein donated to local food banks through the Helping Hungry Homes^TM tour.

"We've traveled from Miami, Florida, to Anchorage, Alaska, bringing much needed protein to wonderful food assistance organizations, and we...

Premium Standard Farms Raises the Bar

In January, Premium Standard Farms (PSF) announced that it has successfully completed installation of next generation barn scraper technology at its farms in north Missouri, seven months ahead of schedule. PSF had been working with the state of Missouri and its advisory team...