The trial for Tyson Foods' lobbyist Jack Williams is scheduled to begin February 2.
That compares with Smithfield trading at 13-times earnings and Tyson Foods at 8-times earnings.
Hormel Foods increased 2%, though Tyson Foods fell 0.1%, Sanderson Farms 1.4% and Pilgrim's Pride 4.1%.
Other competitors in the consumer staples sector include: Smithfield Foods (SFD), Tyson Foods (TSN), and Zhongpin (HOGS).
The likeliest include Tyson Foods, company spokesman Archie Schaffer, lobbyist Jack Williams (in a new indictment) and of course Espy.
Much of this is rice, wheat, chicken, corn and soybeans supplied by companies such as Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill and Tyson Foods.
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With Mr Boozman's entry a House seat comes up in north-western Arkansas, the state's most conservative area, which is home to Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods.
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Smaltz was asked to determine whether former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy took favors from companies, including chicken-processing giant Tyson Foods, that had business before his department.
Other meat producers, including JBS' main rival, Tyson Foods, are also dealing with income woes, mainly because of spikes in corn prices that increased the costs of raising cattle.
One telling ruling: A Delaware court earlier this year told Tyson Foods it had to proceed with its acquisition of IBP, despite a short-term decline in earnings at the beef-and-pork processor.
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From that point through Tuesday, the day before news of the deal with Shuanghui, the company's shares had fallen 14%, trailing badly the performance of such rivals as Tyson Foods Inc.
The company is also suing onetime suitor Tyson Foods (nyse: TSN - news - people) to force it to honor a merger agreement that it later backed out of.
Tyson Foods ( TSN - news - people ), are also dealing with income woes, mainly because of spikes in corn prices that increased the costs of raising cattle.
The businesses making this pledge include name brands like Proctor and Gamble, Tyson Foods, Hewlett-Packard -- but also smaller companies like Prime Team Services, which is planning to hire hundreds of military spouses and veterans next year alone.
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Among the largest underlying components of FXG, in trading today Herbalife Ltd ( NYSE: HLF) is off about 0.3%, Smithfield Foods ( NYSE: SFD) is up about 1.4%, and Tyson Foods ( NYSE: TSN) is higher by about 0.7%.
In 2006, Eddie left his power suit job at Tyson Foods to start his own foundation -- the Eddie Armstrong Scholarship Foundation -- dedicated to providing scholarships to minority students of single-parent homes and attending the University of Arkansas.
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Among the largest underlying components of FXG, in trading today Tyson Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: TSN) is up about 0.1%, Smithfield Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: SFD) is up about 0.8%, and Ingredion Inc ( NYSE: INGR) is higher by about 1.1%.
Another unmistakable message was delivered with China's banning earlier this month of chicken and pork imports from such U.S. companies as Tyson Foods, Sanderson Farms, Cargill, AJC and Triumph Foods on the grounds that salmonella and growth hormones had been found in their products.
Abbott Laboratories (nyse: ABT - news - people ) subsequently withdrew its Fluoroquinolone drug, and producers, including privately held Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods (nyse: TSN - news - people ), have said they will no longer use the product.
Brazilian owned Globoaves, which sold Frangobras to Tyson, and southern Brazil processed meats company Aurora Foods, might find breathing room as well.
Tyson does not expect any significant changes in the beef, pork, or prepared foods businesses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, though they do expect to experience a loss in the chicken segment.
Tyson-owned Frangobras, purchased in September 2008, could also see some market share growth if Brasil Foods was forced to sell.
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