Hog market context near Tar Heel, NC, with illustrative values and a direct path to GrainBrief source health.
North Carolina ranks #2 in hog inventory despite being a non-Corn Belt state. The Duplin-Sampson-Bladen county triangle in the coastal plain hosts the highest hog density in the eastern U.S. Smithfield's Tar Heel complex is the single largest pork harvesting facility on the planet.
Smithfield Tar Heel (world's largest single pork plant, 32,000 hogs/day); Murphy-Brown; Carroll's Foods
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