Pork Powerhouses

Sandy Road Farms buys assets of Kansas Smith Farms

New owner, Eddie Crum, now has 21,800 sows.

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Media missing the pig story

The closure of a major pig operation will have impacts across the state but the story hasn’t been covered by most media.

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Smithfield Foods loses $72 million in second quarter due to COVID-19 expenses

Company spent $350 million to protect workers and food supply.

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Maxwell Foods shutting down hog operation

The company will shutter its 54,000-sow operation in phases over the next year.

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Record high hog numbers, up 5% from year ago

U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2020 was 79.6 million head. This was up 5% from June 1, 2019, and up 3% from March 1, 2020.

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Iowa Select Farms expanding finishing capacity after supply chain disaster

Meat packing plants are operating at 90% capacity today.

Pigs in a finishing barn.

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About Pork Powerhouses

For more than 20 years, Successful Farming has compiled the exclusive Pork Powerhouses report. The annual report lists the 25 to 40 largest pork producers.

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