Smithfield Foods, Inc. is one of the world''s largest pork processors and hog producer. Smithfield Foods conducts its business through two groups, the Meat Processing Group and the Hog Production Group. The Meat Processing Group produces domestically and internationally a wide variety of fresh pork and processed meat products and markets them nationwide and to foreign markets. The company has vertically integrated into hog production through its Hog Production Group, which provides the Meat Processing Group with its live hog requirements.