® THE BUSINESS JOURNAL FOR MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSORS June 2011 • Vol. 57 No. 6 • www.MeatPoultry.com Features 20 Red meat outlook: Record-setting implications Soaring input costs impact processors 20 26 Countrywide success Corporate profiles 26 30 32 34 35 38 40 42 46 48 Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation Creekstone Farms Greater Omaha Packing Company Inc. Hormel Foods Corporation JBS SA La Cense Beef Murray’s Chickens Sanderson Farms Inc. Smithfield Foods Inc. Tyson Foods Inc. 59 26 70 51 Packaging trends New research spotlights drivers 54 Small Business Matters: Funny-bone business model 51 Luther’s Smokehouse lures customers with quality and leaves them laughing 71 59 Meat Processing Operations & Engineering: 59 Plant profi le: Marfood USA 70 Stunning Maintenance 71 Sanitation Tips 54 76 Sodium stir Research cast doubt on low sodium diet 76 Meat&Poultry’s Digital Edition is available at www.MeatPoultry.com Departments 8 Commentary 10 Business Notes 18 Washington 78 From the Corral 80 Names in the News 82 New Product Showcase 85 Classified Ads 89 Advertiser Index 90 The Insider 4 • Meat&Poultry • June 2011 • www.MeatPoultry.comhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com