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Smithfield Foods, Inc. is a hog producer, and pork processor. The Company conducts its business through five segments: Pork, International, Hog Production (HP), Other and Corporate, each of which comprises a number of subsidiaries. The Pork segment produces a variety of fresh pork and packaged meats products in the United States and markets them nationwide and to a number of foreign markets, including China, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Canada. The Pork segment operates over 40 processing plants. The International segment includes its international meat processing operations that produce a variety of fresh and packaged meats products. The HP segment consists of hog production operations located in the United States, Poland and Romania, as well as its interests in hog production operations in Mexico. The Other segment comprises its turkey production operations and its interest in Butterball, LLC. During the fiscal year ended April 27, 2008 it discontinued its Beef segment operations.(Source: 10-K)