Smithfield Foods plans a $100 million IPO to expand infrastructure. Learn why SFD stock could benefit from global pork market growth and dividend plans.

Smithfield Foods on Monday made public its paperwork for its New York initial public offering as the maker of Farmland bacon and Farmer John sausages prepares for its U.S. stock market return after more than a decade.

The proposed listing comes amid pricing pressures in the pork industry and mounting public scrutiny over the agriculture industry's ties to China.

Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, has filed for its initial public offering in the US, joining a growing number of firms pursuing market debuts this year.

Smithfield Foods, producer of the iconic Smithfield Ham and the largest pork producer in the world, will go public in an initial public stock offering.

Smithfield Foods previously traded on the New York Stock Exchange before China-based WH Group acquired the company and took it private in a $4.7 billion deal in 2013.