Company
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
American pork producer and food-processing company, largest pork processor in the world. Brands include Smithfield, Eckrich, Gwaltney, John Morrell, Cook's, Krakus, Armour.
Who owns it
No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.
1 further ownership link is recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so it is not shown here.
What’s documented
- 2026-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$9,500 to federal candidates/committees (2026 cycle).source →
- 2025-12-31lobbyingReported ~$1,080,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2025) on Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Trade (domestic/foreign); lobbied 5 government entities.source →
- 2025-04-10legalProceedingSmithfield Foods, which previously paid $75 million in 2022 to settle parallel pork-price-fixing claims, remained a named defendant in continuing related class actions in 2025. Tyson's $85 million 2025 settlement set a new high-water mark in the multidistrict litigation.source →
- 2025-03-15otherAnimal Welfare Institute report identified Smithfield's South Dakota slaughter plant among the 10 worst large livestock slaughter facilities in the U.S., citing 41 USDA inspection violations including failures to stun animals before slaughter.source →
- 2024-12-31lobbyingReported ~$1,040,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2024) on Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Trade (domestic/foreign); lobbied 3 government entities.source →
- 2024-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$46,750 to federal candidates/committees (2024 cycle).source →
- 2022-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$74,500 to federal candidates/committees (2022 cycle).source →
What we’ve classified so far
- monopoly abuse1
6 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.