Animal Care

In a recent 3-part interview with Southern Farm Network, Don Butler, Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs for Murphy Brown, our livestock production subsidiary, explained the complicated process of converting to open housing for sows and the two approaches being used on company-owned farms.

You can hear more by clicking on the links below:

1. http://sfntoday.com/audio/default.aspx?audioID=7433*
2. http://sfntoday.com/audio/default.aspx?audioID=7441*
3. http://sfntoday.com/audio/default.aspx?audioID=7439*

*A special thanks to SFNtoday and Southern Farm Network for use of their audio links.

Ron Hays of the Oklahoma Farm Review spoke with our EVP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Dennis Treacy, at the 2012 Bayer Crop Science Ag Issues Forum, where Dennis was a presenter alongside Suzy Friedman, Deputy Director, Working Lands at the Environmental Defense Fund. Dennis and Ron talked about what sustainability means to Smithfield and what Dennis believes the future of modern farming will look like.

Click here to listen to their conversation.

Smithfield Foods “is slowly emerging as a model for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) throughout the meat processing industry,” writes Leon Kaye on Triple Pundit on May 2, 2011.

You can read this story at triplepundit.com.

“At Smithfield, we understand that our success as a business hinges on our ability to demonstrate that we are operating appropriately and responsibly,” explains Dennis Treacy, executive vice president, corporate affairs, and chief sustainability officer, in the May 2011 issue of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Member Focus.

Download the Interview (PDF).