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Humane Society targeted by pro-shelter campaign
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Humane Society of the United States says it's under attack by a new group that's trying to starve it of funding by urging donors to send money to local animal shelters instead. The society has long been a thorn in the side of some...Tags: Human Interest, Pets, Charity, The New York Times, Politics
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Smithfield Foods Says It Will Stop Keeping Pregnant Pigs in Small Crates
Associated PressSmithfield Foods says it plans to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant. The world's largest pork producer said Thursday it will phase out the use of gestation crates at its facilities by 2017. The Smithfield, Va.-...Tags: Smithfield
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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: Smithfield, Livestock Farming, Tyson Foods Incorporated, Hormel Foods Corporation, Companies and Corporations
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McDonald's pork provider Smithfield pledges gestation crate phase-out
Money & CompanySmithfield promises to ban gestation crates for pregnant pigs by 2017... -
McDonald’s to focus on quality ingredients in ad campaign
Money & CompanyMcDonald's Corp. will soon roll out an ad campaign that focuses not on speed or cost but on the quality of its ingredients.... -
Insight offered at meatpacking plant
While Darla put together last week’s Farm Forum, I was in Sioux Falls, attending more sessions for South Dakota Ag and Rural Leadership. While we learned a great deal from speakers from the South Dakota Soybean Association, POET, Raven...Tags: Smithfield, Career and Workplace, Plant Openings, Employees, Companies and Corporations
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Virginia sets up relief fund for disaster victims
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia has a new fund to help victims of disasters.
Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday that the Virginia Disaster Relief Fund will be made a permanent part of the state's disaster relief tools. Officials say it will serve as a...Tags: Human Interest, Finance, Tornadoes, Bob McDonnell, Disasters
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Smaller corn surplus could push food prices higher
NEW YORK (AP) — Food prices could rise next year because an unseasonably hot summer likely damaged much of this year’s corn crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Monday that a surplus of 672 million bushels of corn will be...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Food Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Aiken & Friends Fest in Smithfield to spotlight local songwriting standouts
![Singer-songwriter <strong>Mike Aiken</strong> throws a music festival in Smithfield every year and -- as part of the fun -- he gives local tunesmiths the chance to showcase their craft. Through a contest that ran for weeks leading up to the festival, four local musicians were selected to perform at the <a href="http://www.aikenandfriendsfest.com/contact/openmic.htm">Aiken & Friends Fest</a> Sept. 30-Oct. 1.](http://www.dailypress.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65080789-28090906.jpg "Singer-songwriter <strong>Mike Aiken</strong> throws a music festival in Smithfield every year and -- as part of the fun -- he gives local tunesmiths the chance to showcase their craft. Through a contest that ran for weeks leading up to the festival, four local musicians were selected to perform at the <a href="http://www.aikenandfriendsfest.com/contact/openmic.htm\">Aiken & Friends Fest</a> Sept. 30-Oct. 1.")
Singer-songwriter Mike Aiken throws a music festival in Smithfield every year and -- as part of the fun -- he gives local tunesmiths the chance to showcase their craft. Through a contest that ran for weeks leading up to the festival, four local...Tags: Smithfield, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Music Industry, Arts
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No-nonsense CEO runs second-biggest bank in Chicago area
On a September evening, in a large tent pitched outside his bank in downtown Lake Forest, Ed Wehmer took the microphone and addressed 350 people celebrating the 20th anniversary of what is now Wintrust Financial Corp.
The jocular 57-year-old is known...Tags: Finance, Employers, MB Financial Inc., Itching, Corporate Officers
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S.D. meatpacking plant to pay federal fine
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — John Morrell & Co. has agreed pay a $206,000 federal fine and improve how it manages the ammonia refrigeration system at its meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls. The penalty comes in the wake of a state-imposed fine for pollution...Tags: Environmental Politics, Fines, Punishment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution
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South Dakota meatpacking plant to pay federal fine
SIOUX FALLS (AP) - John Morrell & Co. has agreed pay a $206,000 federal fine and improve how it manages the ammonia refrigeration system at its meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls. The penalty comes in the wake of a state-imposed fine for pollution of a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Fines, Punishment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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