Smithfield Foods continues to be one of the most intriguing, compelling yet tough-minded companies in the U.S. meat industry. Aggressive growth -Smithfield's chief feature for severalrnyears - has slowed as a result of difficult livestock and export markets. The long, bitterly contentious battle over union representation at the company's Tar Heel, N.C., plant finally came to an end last year, yet contract negotiations after the victory by the UnitedrnFood and Commercial Workers have been, according to reports, smooth, almost cordial. While the global economic downturn has dampened the market for Smithfield's high-end ham products, it has helped spur new growth in value-priced luncheon meats.
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机译：史密斯菲尔德食品（Smithfield Foods）仍然是美国肉类行业中最吸引人，引人入胜却又强硬的公司之一由于牲畜和出口市场困难，激进的增长-史密斯菲尔德（Smithfield）多年来的主要特征-有所放缓。去年，该公司位于北卡罗来纳州塔尔海尔（Tar Heel）的工厂就工会代表进行的长期，激烈的争夺战终于结束了，但据报道，在联合食品和商业工人党（UnitedrnFood and Commercial Workers）获胜后，合同谈判一直很顺利，几乎亲切。尽管全球经济不景气抑制了史密斯菲尔德高端火腿产品的市场，但它推动了超值午餐肉的新增长。
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