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Smithfield Foods reports significant progress toward conversion to group housing systems

2016-01-04 16:09:40| National Hog Farmer

In 2007, Smithfield Foods Inc. began an industry-leading journey to transition pregnant sows on all company-owned farms in the United States to group housing systems by 2017. Today, the company is proud to report significant progress, having transitioned 81.8% by the end of 2015, a 10% increase over 2014. In the United States, Smithfield expects to be fully converted on company-owned farms by 2017, as planned. read more

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