BEF Foods, Inc.

M952. Meat Processing, Meat Slaughter.

"One of the most important raw materials used in our food products business is live sows (an adult female pig), which we depend upon to produce our pork sausage products. We produce sausage using the same premium ingredients that Bob Evans used when he started the Company. Sow meat is a high-value product compared to other types of pig meat because it has a better texture when made into sausage."

"We procure live sows at prevailing market prices from terminals, local auctions, country markets and corporate and family farms in many states and Canada"

"Because the majority of our food products are produced in five manufacturing facilities, significant disruptions at any of our facilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations."

Plants slaughtering sows: Hillsdale, Michigan and Xenia, Ohio

Hillsdale Plant has been open since 1964 http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/bob-evans-farms-inc-history/

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33769/000003376917000051/bobe-2017428x10k.htm

The company's food products are distributed through more than 15,000 grocery stores in 30 states. 

One of the BEF slaughterhouses has closed https://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Bob_Evans_Closng_Bidwell_Sausage_Plant_106760768.html

due to 'diminishing live sow market supply' https://qctimes.com/business/bob-evans-closes-food-plant-in-galva/article_98fbaeb8-a406-11df-871a-001cc4c002e0.html

Shows whole process, electric prods used, electric stunning used, captive bolt for back up. https://www.meatinstitute.org/Education/Presentations/2007/AnimalHandling/CampHandlingChallengesSowHandling.pdf

As of 2014, "Bob Evans Farms currently harvests 450 sows a day, and with the expansion, will harvest up to 600 sows per day"  https://www.michfb.com/mi/news/policy_and_politics/gaining_confidence_appreciate_it/

As of 2017, slaughtering 500 sows per day. https://www.porkcdn.com/sites/porkorg/library/2015/12/estimated_daily_u.s._slaughter_capacity_by_plant_hpd.pdf