It purchased John Morrell & Co in Sioux Falls, SD in 1995, Circle Four Farms in 1998, and in 1999 bought the two of the largest pig producers in the United States: Carroll's Foods and Murphy Family Farms of North Carolina, at that point the largest producer.
On 29 May 2013, Shuanghui Group, also known as the Shineway Group, the largest meat producer in China, announced a purchase of all of the stock of Smithfield Foods, Inc. for approximately $4.72 billion [REF].