Seaboard Corporation is a unique company with a rich history dating back more than 90 years. Although the company has evolved over time through acquisitions, partnerships and internal growth, its roots are in grain and agriculturally derived products. Common to all our endeavors, we strive to distinguish ourselves in the industries we select.Seaboard Corporation directly or indirectly employs more than 14,000 people worldwide. We are #531 on the 2009 Fortune 1000 list with net sales of approximately $4.0 billion annually. Seaboard is traded on the NYSE Alternext Exchange under the symbol SEB.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably because Seara Alimentos packed it up and shipped it there. One of Brazil's largest meat processors, Seara Alimentos produces frozen, refrigerated, pre-cooked, and processed chicken and pork for the worldwide retail and wholesale food and foodservice markets. Its products include whole chickens, chicken cuts, sausage, pork smoked ham, cold cuts, salami, hot dogs, and frozen entrees. Founded in 1956, the company also operates a port terminal that has refrigerated-meat warehousing capacity. The US's Cargill, which had owned Seara since 2005, sold it to the large Brazilian beef processor, Marfrig, in 2010 for $900 in cash and debt assumption.

Shelton's Poultry teaches its chickens to "Just Say No!" The company raises its poultry under strict house rules: no drugs, no enhancers, no artificial ingredients. The firm produces and markets more than 50 fresh and processed chicken, turkey, and duck products under the Shelton's brand through natural food stores and conventional grocery retailers. Its processed products include frozen pot pies, meat snacks, turkey franks and burgers, and canned soups and broths. Shelton's is owned by the Flanagan family, which oversees its operations. The company was founded in 1924 by the Shelton family and was purchased by the Flanagans in 1969.

Since 1972, Shoals Provision, Inc. has been providing fresh quality meats, poultry, and provisions to restaurants, stores, institutions, and large events in the tri-state area.Shoals Provision delivers a rich haul of meat, fish, and poultry products to restaurants, grocery stores, and other institutions in north Alabama, northeast Mississippi, and south central Tennessee. Its deliverables include chicken and turkey products, beef, pork, deli and smoked meat, catfish, French fries, vegetables and paper supplies.

Simmons Foods' products sizzle and simmer on grills and stovetops all over the world. The company produces fresh and frozen poultry items for chefs and consumers in the US and internationally. The company distributes its poultry to mass merchandisers and foodservice providers, including restaurants. It offers customization services and makes industrial and agricultural ingredients for use by livestock feed and pet food manufacturers. It also makes its own brands of petfood under the Twin Pet, Strongheart, and Fit & Active labels. Simmons has a partnership with Organic-Gro and Tyson Foods, known as Regenerated Resources, which turns poultry waste from Tyson and Simmons into commercial and consumer fertilizers.

Sioux-Preme Packing Co. is unique in the meat packing industry-we're one of the few mid-sized, pork processors who has survived and prospered in the highly competitive, rapidly changing environment the industry has experienced in the last three decades. Since 1969 we've been producing quality pork products to meet the needs of growing consumer demands. Our specialties include providing custom harvest and processing for customers who require special needs, such as segregation related to antibiotic free, natural, organic, or breed specific products.

Smithfield Foods Ltd was formed in 2004 from a merger between two independent meat companies. The Norwich Food Company, which specialised in the supply of meat, poultry and game to retailers, wholesalers, food processors and caterers, and Ridpath PEK, an importer of canned and deli meats established in the UK since the mid 1970's.There was little overlap in their product ranges or client base and the merger has produced a company with a wide range of skills and experience across many industry sectors, from retail to wholesale and independent trading.

Smithfield Foods is a global food company that goes above and beyond to provide good food in a responsible manner. We remain 100 percent committed to environmental leadership, community involvement, employee safety, animal welfare and high-quality food.When Smithfield Foods waddles up to the trough, the other porkers stand back. Fat from acquisitions, the company is the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include fresh pork and processed, value-added pork products sold under the Armour, Cook's, John Morrell, Lykes, Patrick Cudahy, and Roegelein, and Cumberland Gap names. Smithfield distributes its meats in the US and internationally, mainly in Mexico, Western Europe, the UK, Poland, Romania, and China. In addition to pork, the company produces turkey and turkey products through its Armour-Eckrich operations and its 49% stake in the largest US turkey producer Butterball.

Specialty Foods Group, Inc (SFG) is a leading U.S. producer and marketer of a wide variety of premium branded and private-label processed meat products. SFG products are available through a wide-range of outlets including national and regional supermarkets, independent food retailers, delicatessens, club stores, convenience stores and foodservice distributors.Lunchmeat is always on the menu at Specialty Foods Group. The company, a manufacturer and distributor of processed meats and poultry, churns out hams, hot dogs, bacon, corned beef, and other deli meats under private labels and brands names such as Field, Mickelberry's, Nathan's Famous, Scott Petersen, Kentucky Legend, Swift Premium, and Fischer's. The company operates two plants in the US that serve supermarkets, club stores, convenience-store chains, and foodservice outlets both in the US and some international markets.

Squab Producers of California,an agricultural cooperative, has been providing Squab and specialty poultry to a discerning clientele since 1943. The temperate climate of California's Central Valley provides the ideal year-round growing area, allowing the farmer-members to achieve the highest level of productivity without compromising quality, thus assuring customer satisfaction.Squab Producers of California operates a modern HACCP-compliant processing plant, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. Squabs are processed, packaged and shipped nationwide and internationally. Use this website to learn about the history of Squab, find a source, or view Squab recipes.

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