Smithfield Foods profits chopped in half

US - Smithfield Foods reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday that came in at about half of last year's $49 million profits, due to expenses related to the sale of a business, higher hog production costs, and losses on its cattle feeding investment.
calendar icon 23 August 2006
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