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Smithfield Foods to reopen Sioux Falls plant after CDC site inspection
2020-05-07 04:45:00| National Hog Farmer
The South Dakota facility, which has been closed for more than three weeks, represents 4 to 5% of U.S. pork production.
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Smithfield announces further pork plant closures as COVID-19 hits supply chain
2020-04-16 11:07:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Smithfield Foods Inc has now announced further closures, including two US plants that process bacon and ham, after closing a separate hog slaughterhouse because of an outbreak of the coronavirus among employees.
Smithfield Foods to close Sioux Falls plant indefinitely amid COVID-19
2020-04-13 17:38:00| Beef
The plant is one of the largest pork processing facilities in the U.S., representing 4-5% of U.S. pork production.
Smithfield shuts US pork plant indefinitely and warns of meat shortages
2020-04-13 12:13:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Sunday (13 April) it will shut a US plant indefinitely due to a collection of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving "perilously close to the edge" in supplies for grocers.
Smithfield Foods to close Sioux Falls plant indefinitely amid COVID-19
2020-04-12 17:39:00| National Hog Farmer
More than 550 independent family farmers supply the South Dakota plant.