Murphy-Brown is a livestock production company that offers a variety of meat products. It maintains a staff of more than 6,000 employees. The company is one of the largest pork producers in the world. Murphy-Brown is also one of the leading turkey producers in the United States. The company produces more than 17 million hogs and over 10 million turkeys annually. It owns and manages nearly 450 hog farms in the United States. Murphy-Brown works in collaboration with more than 1,700 independent farmers. The company has achieved ISO 14001 certification. It operates Murphy-Brown West, which conducts operations in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Colorado. Murphy-Brown administers a Pork Quality Assurance-Plus program. The company is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods.