https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-smithfield/u-s-clears-smithfields-acquisition-by-chinas-shuanghui-idUSBRE98513I20130907

CFIUS approves selling largest US pork producer (national security?) to China in 2013.

https://www.agriculture.com/livestock/pork-powerhouses/smithfield-invest-another-45-million-in-butterfly-bioenergy-joint-venture

https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/business/smithfield-rae-invest-more-resources-missouri-rng-project

2/20/2020 Smithfield and Roeslein (think Rosslyn, Rose Line, bloodline) invest in Monarch Bioenergy…

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/overturned-hog-truck-in-smithfield-causing-lane-closures/291-cf1d5473-0898-4812-ad38-c8331e23b6b4

2/21/2020 Overturned hog truck in Smithfield causing lane closures

There were hogs on the truck but it is unknown if any of the animals were injured or killed, state police said.