SMITHFIELD, VA. — Smithfield Foods Inc. confirmed on July 1 plans to close its Altoona, Iowa, ham boning facility and consolidate production volume at other locations. The plant employs more ...

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods says it ... nearly 4,000 people in Iowa at its farms and its food-processing facilities in Carroll, Denison, Des Moines, Mason City, Orange City, Sioux Center ...

ALTOONA, Iowa (KCRG) - Smithfield Foods on Monday announced plans to ... Des Moines, Mason City, Orange City, Sioux Center and Sioux City.

US pork processor Smithfield Foods plans ... people at other farms and facilities in Iowa, including at Carroll, Denison, Des Moines, Mason City, Orange City, Sioux Center and Sioux City.

ALTOONA, Iowa — Another Iowa food processing plant is shutting its doors, just days after Tyson Foods closed its plant in Perry for good. Smithfield Foods plans to close its Altoona ham-boning ...

Iowa’s layoff trends have now extended to the meat processing industry, as Smithfield’s Altoona ham facilities consolidate and John Deere adds 300 to its list of layoffs.

SMITH’S SMITHFIELD IN ALTOONA IS CLOSING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. IT’S GOING TO BE THE LAST DAY OF PRODUCTION AT THE MEAT PROCESSING PLANT. THE COMPANY MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT LAST MONTH. THE CITY ...