(Reuters) - The deal will give Smithfield about 30 percent of the U.S. pork market, according to industry data.
Smithfield announced in September its intent to buy Premium Standard Farms, a vertically integrated hog and pork producer, which means it raises the hogs that are used in its pork plants as opposed to having to buy them on the open market.
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