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Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hormel Foods Corp.’s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017. It’s a move being welcomed by the Humane Society of the United States. The...Tags: Smithfield Foods
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Smithfield to stop using gestation crates for pigs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it plans to end the practice of keeping pregnant hogs at the company’s farms in small metal crates. The Smithfield, Va.-based company, which...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Smithfield Foods, Companies and Corporations, Livestock Farming, Tyson Foods Incorporated
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Smithfield to stop using gestation crates for pigs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork producer, said Thursday it plans to end the practice of keeping pregnant hogs at the company's farms in small metal crates. The Smithfield, Va.-based company, which has been criticized...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Smithfield Foods, Companies and Corporations, Livestock Farming, Tyson Foods Incorporated
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Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Hormel Foods Corp.'s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017 - a move welcomed Thursday by the Humane Society of the United States, which had pushed for the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Smithfield Foods, Companies and Corporations, Livestock Farming, Tyson Foods Incorporated
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Hormel announces changes
Oct. 11 - Hormel Foods Corp. also announced the retirement of Michael Tolbert, group vice president of Specialty Foods, effective Dec. 31. Donald Kremin will replace Tolbert and Patrick Connor will assume Kremin's responsibilities as vice president of...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Museum wallows in the porcine (we think) glory of Spam
AUSTIN, Minn. — When you've never tasted Spam, there's only one way to prepare for the Spam Museum: Eat Spam. And the places to do that in this town of 25,000 are plenty.
Steve's serves Spam pizza. Johnny's Main Event offers a Spam Reuben. Kenny'...Tags: George Burns, Gracie Allen, John Clark, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Soggy Fields Curb Corn Planting as Demand for Ethanol, Feed Grow
|(c) 2011, Bloomberg News|CHICAGO -- Corn farmers were unable to plant on soggy or flooded fields from Arkansas to North Dakota this year, signaling tighter grain stockpiles even after rising demand for livestock feed and ethanol sent prices surging. The Department of Agriculture...Tags: Biofuels, United Nations, Renewable Energy, Disasters, Weather Reports
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Hormel can't raise prices fast enough
By Tom Webb Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Grain and meat costs are rising so fast, officials at Hormel Foods say it’s a challenge to raise their supermarket prices quickly enough. The Austin, Minn.-based foodmaker reported a strong 41 percent...Tags: Biofuels, Turkey, Ethanol, Consumers, Computer Networking and Internet
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Sticker shock showing up at the grocery store
In nearly every supermarket aisle, food prices are starting to rise. General Mills just announced higher prices for breakfast cereals, Yoplait yogurt and Nature Valley granola bars. Last month, it raised prices on flour, pizza rolls and Green Giant...Tags: Tomatoes, Economy, Business and Finance, Biofuels, Ethanol, Market and Exchange
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Hormel employees rescue co-worker
By Trisha Marczak Austin Daily Herald, Minn. Jan. 19--Tom Branden jokes that he has two birthdays. While his first comes each year in the obvious fashion, the story behind his second celebration of life is arguably more intriguing. On Friday Oct. 22,...Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Career and Workplace, Emergency Health Procedures, Disasters and Accidents, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Tribute to Mary Kitchen
Tribune NewspapersLike many divine personalities, Mary Kitchen has a past shrouded in mystery. No one really knows if the goddess of corned beef hash is based on a real person or not, and why the name was chosen. Though Hormel Foods is marking the 61st anniversary of the...Tags: Old Saybrook, Salt, Corned Beef Hash, Shallots, Butter
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