Factory Farming
Conduct Screen Animal Welfare
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and industrial-scale confinement agriculture — companies whose primary business is raising animals in high-density, low-welfare conditions. Includes vertically integrated meat/dairy/egg producers where confinement is the production model. Distinct from animal_exploitation_meat (which covers processing and sale regardless of production method) and animal_exploitation (catch-all).
6 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (6 total)
Showing 6 of 6 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| CALM | Cal-Maine Foods | FAIRR Initiative - Cal-Maine Foods Inc; Largest US industrial egg producer; FAIRR Protein Producer Index assessed Nov 2024; concentrated egg production raises bird welfare and antibiotic use concerns |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | FAIRR Initiative - Hormel Foods Corporation; Pork, poultry, beef processing; part of $114M industry pork price-fixing settlement; FAIRR Protein Producer Index assessed Sep 2025 |
| PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | FAIRR Initiative - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation; One of world's largest chicken producers (2nd largest US); 162.77M lbs ready-to-cook chicken weekly; 78.5% owned by JBS USA; price-fixing litigation wit... |
| SEB | Seaboard Corporation | FAIRR Initiative - Seaboard Corporation; Pork, poultry, and feed operations; owns Butterball (one of largest US turkey producers); settled pork price-fixing conspiracy litigation |
| SFD | SMITHFIELD FOODS INC | FAIRR Initiative - Smithfield Foods Inc (NASDAQ IPO Jan 2025); World's largest hog producer and pork processor; raises 15M pigs annually; confines pregnant sows in gestation crates despite phase-out c... |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | FAIRR Initiative / As You Sow - Tyson Foods Inc; Produces 1-in-5 pounds of chicken/beef/pork in US; 45M chickens + 155K cattle + 461K pigs slaughtered weekly; waste lagoon shareholder proposal defeate... |
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