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Smithfield's European strategy
The hog giant CAFOizes Poland and Romania to gain access to Western Europe |
Tom Philpott |
09 Apr 2008 |
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| Farmers in Iowa and North Carolina -- the two states that together house nearly half of U.S. hog production [PDF] -- won't be surprised by this report, from the International Herald Tribune: The American bacon producer, Smithfield Farms, now operates a dozen vast industrial pig farms in Poland. Importing cheap soy feed from South America, which the company feeds intensively to its tens of thousands of pigs, it has caused the price of pork to drop dramatically ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, European Union, food, industrial ag, Poland, Romania (all these topics) |
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