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Pork giant Smithfield skips middlemen in grain supply chain

Published Sun, Jan 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Chicago

SMITHFIELD Food Inc, the world's biggest pork producer, is buying grain elevators and purchasing grain directly from farmers, a move that hits grain handlers already reeling from multi-year lows in corn and soya bean prices.

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Pork giant Smithfield skips middlemen in grain supply chain

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