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Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says

Mar 14, 2025
Mar 14, 2025

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Reuters said, “Tariffs make it more complicated for Smithfield Foods (SFD.O), the biggest U.S. pork processor, to sell all parts of a pig, CEO Shane Smith said on Wednesday.

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