Smithfield Foods

Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. on Thursday reported a 76 percent drop in its fiscal second-quarter earnings, as high feed costs linked to skyrocketing grain prices hurt its hog and Butterball turkey operations. But the nation's largest pork...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE DuPont, up 8 cents at $23.69 Shares rose, even as the chemicals maker said it will cut 2,500 jobs, mostly in automotive and...

A survey gauges the health of the manufacturing sector, while two homebuilders and a pair of meat producers are expected to report quarterly losses. Manufacturing survey The ISM Manufacturing Index, a survey of purchasing managers, offers a look at...

— The town is hoping to have a written agreement to buy Windsor Castle in hand by the end of this month. "That's our goal," said Mayor David Hare. "We have reached a verbal agreement … but are still working out the details." Town...

An investigation concludes that pigs were humanely treated after a truck hauling them overturned on Virginia Route 10 in Suffolk in September. The investigation was conducted by Suffolk Commonwealth's Attorney Phil Ferguson, who responded to a complaint...

Smithfield Packing Co. and the United Food and Commercial Workers say that employees at the company's massive North Carolina hog slaughterhouse will decide next month on whether to unionize. Company and union officials said Monday that the vote is...

Thanksgiving is bringing turkey producers little to celebrate this year, while diners anticipating the most poultry-centric of holidays may be grateful that they won't see much difference in the cost of their bird. Meat producers have been struggling...

The Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia Tourism Corporation have awarded a $5,000 "Tourism and the Arts" grant to the Isle of Wight Arts League. This is a matching grant to support the joint effort between the league and the Isle of Wight...

Thanksgiving is bringing turkey producers little to celebrate this year, while diners anticipating the most poultry-centric of holidays may be grateful that they won't see much difference in the cost of their birds. Meat producers have been struggling...

Keonta Fountain — his family called him Keon — was the kind of guy who told you what he thought. "Keon believed in doing him, whatever he wanted to do," said Rhonda Butler, his second cousin. "Very outspoken. He wasn't afraid to speak his...

Ten years ago, I received a brochure that included a picture of sows locked up in coffin-size crates. The brochure stated that the intelligent animals were confined that way for life. I remember my reaction: horror, then denial. That had to be illegal!...

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