Special Report

Producer has concerns with Smithfield deal

Like many pork producers attending World Pork Expo, Larry Sailer of Iowa Falls, Iowa has questions and some concerns about the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods to a Chinese company.

“My biggest concern is just what kinds of regulations and stipulations a foreign company can put on us as far as producers here in this country,” Sailer says. “Are some of us going to get left out?  Are they going to have their own producers—just how it’s all going to work?”

AUDIO: Larry Sailer (1:15 MP3)