Smithfield Packing Company was founded in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter and his son Joseph W. Luter, Jr., in the Town of Smithfield along the Pagan River, a tributary of the James River in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA, to produce Smithfield hams. Today, Smithfield Packing is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Fortune 500 company.
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