As the world's leading pork producer, we are firmly committed to taking care of our employees, producing safe high quality pork, promoting sound animal care, environmental stewardship and supporting our communities. These commitments are an essential part of who we are at Smithfield's Hog Production Division.

Responsibility Energy & Greenhouse Gas Reduction

• • Renewable Energy Source - Agreement with United Wind to provide electrical power to 23 farm locations through wind turbines.

Waste Minimization & Diversion

• • Diverted waste to landfill through metal and sharp disposal programs.

  • We have started a metal recycling location at our maintenance facility making it easier for our technicians and local contractors to dispose of all metal coming from our operation.

  • We continue our lithium batteries and sharp disposals thru our immobilizer technology to reduce the amount of these items going into local landfill.

  • We have challenged our local staff to think about cardboard recycling and are working with local solid waste disposal company to see how we can recycle cardboard from our sites.

  • We have reached out to wood pallet companies to see how we can utilize their services in eliminating wood pallets that we receive monthly from going to the land fill.

  • We also tied a plastic flooring recycling project to provide used flooring to a disabled first responder who was starting his own pig farm thru the Colorado AgrAbility project.

  • We have challenged our own employees to better utilize the recycling efforts in the City of Yuma for paper, cardboard, electronics.

Water Conservation & Quality

• • Utilize precision irrigation technology onsite and with producers.

Corporate Social Responsibility

• • Enhance soil health by providing cover crops to protect the soil during the life cycle of the plant.

  • Provide farmers with an organic fertilizer from our hog effluent that is provided at agronomic rates for the individual fields based on crop type and soil nutrient loads.

  • Assisted a disabled first responder through the Colorado AgrAbility Project.