Fifteen individuals, including employees and dependents of employees from across the United States and Canada, receive this award.

North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges and American Association of Community Colleges grant two awards to Smithfield for the company's apprenticeship programs.

Thirteen establishments receive awards for their progress with emissions reduction, energy conservation, packaging/food waste reduction, technological innovation and water conservation.

Swaggerty's Farm is one of 52 facilities receiving the Award of Merit.

Forty-three Smithfield locations earn the Meat Institute’s worker safety recognition award.

The award program is open to NCC, NTF and USPOULTRY member facilities that have injury and illness rates below the industry average for three consecutive years.

New board members include Polly Ruhland, agriculture consultant, Dr. Jack Shere, USDA - APHIS, and Dr. Stephanie Ward, North Carolina State University.

These awards recognize outstanding performance of wastewater treatment plants that operate at poultry processing facilities.

HPP Research Awards are open to undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers worldwide who have completed HPP-related food research projects between 2019–2024.

This marks the second consecutive year Cargill has been honored among the 200 companies on the Fortune list of America’s Most Innovative Companies.