IATP Hog Report - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Section 1
27 PRNewswire. (1999, June 10). Smithfield Foods achieves record
earnings for third consecutive year in fiscal 1999. Smithfield, VA:
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28 Anonymous. (1999, August 19). Hormel posts 40.8 percent hike in net
earnings. Meat Industry Insights Internet News Service.
29 Farmers are in crisis as hog prices collapse. (1998, December 13). The
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30-32 Scott Kilman, (1998, November 27). Hog market collapses on glut of
animals; big blow to farmers. Wall Street Journal.
33-36 Land Stewardship Project. (1999, April). Killing competition with
captive supplies: A special report on how meatpackers are forcing
independent family hog farmers out of the market through exclusive
contracts. White Bear Lake, MN: Land Stewardship Project.
37 U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics
Service, Hogs and pigs final estimates 1988-1992 and 1993-1997,
Bulletins 904 and 951.
38-40 Land Stewardship Project. (1999, April). Killing competition with
captive supplies: A special report on how meatpackers are forcing
independent family hog farmers out of the market through exclusive
contracts. White Bear Lake, MN: Land Stewardship Project.
41 PRNewswire. (1999, June 10). Smithfield Foods achieves record
earnings for third consecutive year in fiscal 1999. Smithfield, VA:
PRNewswire.
42 Nakashima, E. (1997, August 9). Court fines Smithfield $12.6 Million:
Va. firm is assessed largest such pollution penalty in U.S. history.
Washington Post, p. A1.
43 Smithfield Foods, Inc. (2000, January 28). Smithfield Foods, Inc.
completes acquisition of Murphy Family Farms. PRNewswire.
44 Dalesio, E.P. (1999, September 2). Pork king Murphy to sell farms.
Raleigh, NC: Associated Press.
45 Center for Rural Affairs. (1999, October). Corporate farming notes.
Walthill, NE: Center for Rural Affairs.
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