Smithfield Foods has inked a deal with VisionAg, an affiliate of North Carolina’s HD3 Farms, to start a new hog production business early next year as the meat producer gears up to go public, the company announced Friday.
Smithfield, a giant in packaged meats and pork products, will provide 28,000 sows to the new company, VisionAg Hog Production, a limited liability company licensed in Cary, North Carolina. VisionAg Hog Production will also own market hogs the sows produce, a number expected to reach 600,000 annually, and those animals will be produced for Smithfield’s fresh pork operations, according to the announcement.
Smithfield will provide feed, transportation and other services to the new company, and will own a minority interest. Financial terms were not disclosed Friday.
HD3 Farms, based in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, has worked as a contractor with Smithfield for more than two decades and has 250,000 wean-to-finish and finish spaces for hogs on farms in several counties in eastern North Carolina.
The largest pork producer in the United States, Smithfield Foods has about 35,000 employees nationwide and is owned by China’s WH Group, based in Hong Kong. Earlier this year the parent company announced the proposed spinoff and initial public offering of Smithfield Foods on a U.S. stock exchange. WH Group shareholders voted Dec. 6 to approve spinning off Smithfield Foods.
In September, Smithfield’s European operations were carved into an independent subsidiary now known as Morliny Foods, part of a streamlining effort before going public.
Smithfield Foods also said it would transfer some of its hog farming operations to a venture controlled by Murphy Family Ventures in North Carolina, Bloomberg reported earlier in December.
According to an announcement in November, Smithfield’s IPO will take place in early 2025, and WH Group plans to offer up to 20% of Smithfield’s stock shares, reducing the parent company’s ownership to 80%. Smithfield recorded a net asset value of $5.38 billion as of Sept. 30, and its New York share offering is expected to be valued at $5.4 billion.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a supersonic multirole fighter aircraft used for air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. General Dynamics initially developed the F-16 before selling its aircraft manufacturing business to Lockheed Corp., which became Lockheed Martin.
Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, Leidos will provide post-production support for the F-16 weapon system’s continued operation and improvement.
The contractor will provide repair and return, engineering and technical services, and analysis and resolution support for diminishing manufacturing support and material shortages, according to the Department of Defense‘s Dec. 11 award announcement. The contract includes sales to Taiwan.
“We leveraged our corporate investments in AI and predictive analytics to provide our customer with a data-informed platform to increase efficiency, visibility and accountability,” Roy Stevens, Leidos’ National Security Sector president, said in a statement.
Work will be performed in Reston and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2034.
More than 25 nations have procured the F-16, creating a global fleet size of about 2,200 active aircraft.
Leidos provides technology, engineering and science services to defense, intelligence, civil and health market customers. It has about 48,000 employees and reported approximately $15.4 billion in 2023 revenue.
Capital One also announced Thursday it received approval from the Office of the Delaware State Bank Commissioner on Wednesday to complete the purchase of Discover Financial Services and its subsidiary, Discover Bank, a Delaware-chartered bank. On Tuesday, both companies said special stockholders’ meetings are scheduled Feb. 18, 2025, to allow holders of Discover and Capital One common stock to vote at their company’s respective meeting to approve the deal.
According to Thursday’s news release, Capital One expects the transaction to close in early 2025, pending approval by both banks’ stockholders and approval by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
The all-stock acquisition, Capital One’s largest ever purchase, has been under regulatory scrutiny. Two Capital One cardholders filed a federal class action lawsuit against Discover and Capital One in July, claiming the megadeal would violate antitrust law, but the case was paused in October, pending further action by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In July, Capital One committed to spend $265 billion over five years to lending, philanthropy and investment if the deal goes through.
New York Attorney General Letitia James also launched an investigation to determine whether the acquisition violates the state’s antitrust laws, and in October, she asked a state judge to subpoena Capital One for documents she said she needed for her probe, Reuters reported. However, following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November, shares of Discover and Capital One jumped, as investors appeared to have greater faith that the deal would go through under his administration.
A Fortune Global 500 company, Capital One had $353.6 billion in deposits and $486.4 billion in total assets as of Sept. 30.
“It’s a privilege to lead Dollar Tree at such a pivotal time,” Creedon said in a statement. “My focus will continue to be on delivering long-term value to our associates, customers and shareholders as a company that is rooted in strong values and operational excellence.”
The past year has held challenges for the chain, which employs more than 200,000 workers and operates 16,590 stores in 48 states and five Canadian provinces under the Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree Canada brands. Dollar Tree saw a $1.7 billion loss in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, but numbers improved by the second quarter of 2024, reported in early September. Consolidated net sales increased 0.7% to $7.37 billion that quarter, compared with the second quarter of 2023.
In its third quarter results, Dollar Tree reported $7.56 billion in consolidated net sales, up 3.5% compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2023. In its fiscal 2024 outlook, the retailer said it anticipates net sales of $30.7 billion to $30.9 billion for the year, slightly up from $30.6 billion in revenue reported last year.
At 10:41 a.m. Thursday, Dollar Tree common shares were trading for $68.69, down slightly from $69.47 at market open.
Prior to joining Dollar Tree, Creedon worked for Raleigh, North Carolina-based Fortune 500 retailer Advance Auto Parts for more than six years, rising to president of U.S. stores in 2020 and then executive vice president of U.S. stores in March 2021.
Before joining Advance Auto Parts, he held executive roles with Tyco International and ADT Security. Creedon has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Middlebury College. A Hampton Roads resident, he serves on the Chrysler Museum of Art’s board of directors and Norfolk Academy’s board of trustees.
In another recent C-suite exit, Dollar Tree Chief Financial Officer Jeff Davis announced in early December he would leave the company after it filed its fiscal 2024 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dollar Tree common stock’s 52-week high was $151.22, which it reached on March 5, although it closed at $149.08 that day. It dropped to $128.42 on March 13, the day the retailer’s fiscal 2023 fourth quarter results were announced, then ticked up slightly in early April before beginning a descent.
After hovering around $100 for much of July and dipping into the 90-dollar range for most of August, the retailer’s stock plunged from $81.65 at close on Sept. 3 to close at $63.56 on Sept. 4, the day it released its second quarter results.
Like Knowmadics, approximately 50% of GovCons report that resource management remains a top project management challenge.
Herndon’s Knowmadics has selected Unanet, a Dulles-based software leader, as the company continues its growth in 2025. Knowmadics, a security contractor for the Department of Defense (DOD), public safety and commercial clients, opened its fifth office across the country earlier this month. This recent growth spurred the company to recognize that its off-the-shelf financial software was not capable of scaling with the company and lacked modern reporting solutions.
With a goal to equip their people with more visibility and confidence, Knowmadics reviewed several enterprise resource planning (ERP) software options and chose Unanet after speaking to multiple customers who all shared their positive feedback.
Unanet’s easy-to-use interface, superior finance and labor resource management capabilities, and its ability to simplify compliance were all major factors in Knowmadics’ decision. The key driver, however, was Unanet’s accurate, real-time reporting. These reports will empower program managers to contribute to the company’s overall growth and success.
“As we head into another year of projected growth, we look forward to implementing Unanet in early 2025 as one of the key tools that will provide the insights we need to continue to streamline our expanding business operations,” said Claire Ostrum, President.
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Even as political winds shift in Washington, D.C., a long-delayed onshore wind farm in Botetourt County might finally be sailing to completion.
Charlottesville-based Apex Clean Energy announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal for Google to purchase the full capacity of Rocky Forge Wind, a wind farm the Charlottesville company has been working to develop in Botetourt since 2015.
Virginia’s first and only wind farm being developed on land, Rocky Forge calls for 13 turbines, each 64 stories tall, to be erected atop North Mountain outside the rural town of Eagle Rock. Collectively, the turbines will generate about 79 megawatts of power, which Google will use to support its data centers in Virginia, according to a news release.
The incoming Trump administration, which is not viewed as friendly toward wind energy, is not expected to affect the development of the Rocky Forge wind farm.
“On the administration side of things, no federal policy change would impact this project. I can’t speak for offshore,” said Brian O’Shea, director of public engagement for Apex Clean Energy, in late November.
The Rocky Forge project has faced stiff headwinds since it was first unveiled. Legal challenges, permitting problems, design changes and the impacts of the pandemic have all combined to delay construction of the turbines.
In 2019, Dominion Energy struck a deal to purchase Rocky Forge’s power and resell it to Virginia state government to help meet its goal of sourcing at least 30% of electricity for state agencies from renewable energy sources. More obstacles developed, and that contract expired and wasn’t renewed.
The project regained momentum in September when the Virginia Court of Appeals rejected a legal challenge by upholding a circuit court ruling that had approved the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s permit for Apex. Two other lawsuits against the project were dismissed by a circuit court judge in January.
Construction on the project is now set to start in 2025, with electricity generated by late 2026, according to O’Shea.
Botetourt County still must complete a final site-plan review that includes gaining approval from the Virginia Department of Transportation for improvements to a gravel road that would allow heavy equipment and tractor-trailers access to the remote mountaintop. Local fire and emergency services must also review the road plan, according to Botetourt County spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury.
Rocky Forge would mark the second partnership for Apex and Google, which aims to achieve net-zero emissions and 24/7 carbon-free energy for its operations by 2030. In August 2023, the two companies announced a power purchase agreement for the energy generated by Apex’s Timbermill Wind project in Chowan County, North Carolina.
“As we continue to progress towards our goal to operate every Google campus on clean electricity every hour of every day by 2030, we are always looking for opportunities to accelerate the delivery of new clean power to the grid,” Amanda Peterson Corio, head of data center energy for Google, said in a statement.
Rocky Forge will create up to 250 jobs during construction and will bring about $30 million in state and local tax revenue over the lifetime of the wind farm, according to Apex.
“As far as I can tell, it’s full steam ahead,” said Botetourt County Administrator Gary Larrowe in November.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a Massachusetts-based fusion energy company, plans to build the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday.
“It’s a nearly $3 billion capital investment, paying taxes, and it’s a bunch of really high-tech jobs,” Garrett Hart, Chesterfield’s director of economic development, said Tuesday.
“We really do not know exactly what it’s going to cost. It will be in excess of $2.5 billion, I’m certain,” Hart explained Wednesday. The total cost isn’t known since Commonwealth Fusion Solutions hasn’t built a fusion facility this big before and the steam generation power plant that it will connect to hasn’t been designed yet.
Dubbed ARC, the project is expected to be in operation in the early 2030s, according to CFS co-founder and CEO Bob Mumgaard. The project is designed to run for 20 years or more, Youngkin said Tuesday. It will be located at the James River Industrial Center, a site owned by Dominion Energy, and is expected to create hundreds of temporary construction and permanent jobs. The permanent roles will include operators, electricians, pipe fitters, mechanics and technicians, Youngkin said.
Spun out of MIT in 2018, CFS is the biggest of more than 40 companies currently pursuing fusion technologies. It has raised more than $2 billion in capital from high-profile investors including Google, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Tiger Global, Khosla Ventures and Lowercarbon Capital.
“This will add to our existing infrastructure in a way that I think will provide a new frontier — a new frontier for Virginia businesses and Virginia residents,” Youngkin said Tuesday. “My friends, the future can be seen, and what Commonwealth Fusion Systems will be building will be that pathway to the future.”
According to the governor’s announcement, CFS “conducted a global search” for the site of its first commercial fusion power plant, which will produce about 400 megawatts of carbon-free electricity, enough to power large industrial projects or about 150,000 homes. The siting process took more than two years, Mumgaard said Tuesday.
Historically, fusion has been restricted to labs; the Chesterfield facility will mark the start of an entirely new power industry, he said.
“In the early 2030s, all eyes will be on the Richmond region, and more specifically Chesterfield County, as the birthplace of commercial fusion energy,” Mumgaard said in a statement. “Virginia emerged as a strong partner as they look to implement innovative solutions for both reliable electricity and clean forms of power. We are pleased to collaborate with Dominion Energy.”
Chesterfield County also will benefit from the publicity of being “the first locality in the world to start the fusion revolution,” Hart said. “There’s only one; there’ll only be one place. It’ll always be us, and 50 years from now, they’ll be like, ‘Yep, Chesterfield County’s where it all started.’”
The county is also considering forming an innovation hub-like structure for the area, but nothing is formalized, according to Chesterfield economic development officials.
Previously, Dominion said it planned to build a gas-powered power plant at the James River Industrial Center, but in August, it changed plans to move the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center to the adjacent existing Chesterfield Power Station site on Coxendale Road.
According to a document from Chesterfield County, “Dominion owns the land and has agreed to lease it to CFS. And in a nonfinancial collaboration, Dominion will provide CFS with development and technical expertise, while CFS will provide Dominion insight about fusion power plant technology.” Dominion is not investing in the project and does not have an agreement to purchase power from the plant when operational, according to a corporate spokesperson.
“Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the clear industry leader in advancing the exciting energy potential of fusion,” said DominionEnergy Virginia President Edward H. Baine. “Our customers’ growing needs for reliable, carbon-free power benefits from as diverse a menu of power generation options as possible, and in that spirit, we are delighted to assist CFS in their efforts.”
The ARC plant will be independently financed, owned, built and operated by CFS. The company expects to sell ARC power to large industrial/commercial customers through purchase power agreements, according to a Chesterfield document, so Virginia residents and businesses won’t pay for the plant.
The company, which has secured $16.5 million in the U.S. Department of Energy grants, is completing its fusion demonstration machine, nicknamed SPARC, at its headquarters in Devens, Massachusetts, and it is expected to produce its first plasma in 2026 and net fusion energy shortly afterward, according to the governor’s news release. SPARC will require a series of 18 high-temperature superconductor magnets, which the company is developing.
The Virginia Department of Energy partnered with Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Chesterfield County and Dominion Energy to secure this project, and the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank allocated a $1 million grant matched with local funds from Chesterfield County.
“On top of that, Chesterfield County has offered to provide $10 million of longer term support,” Youngkin told reporters, “and then the state has confirmed through the Department of Taxation that the equipment that goes inside the plant will be exempt from sales and use tax, just like the equipment in a data center or an indoor farm or other power plants, and that has resulted in [Commonwealth Fusion Solutions] being very comfortable moving into Virginia.
The 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act created a 2050 mandate for generating electricity statewide from renewable, carbon-free energy sources. In 2022, Youngkin announced a state energy plan that endorsed an “all-of-the-above” mix of energy sources, including hydrogen, natural gas and nuclear power, in addition to the wind, solar and battery storage supported by Virginia Democrats.
Dominion Energy’s $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is expected to be completed in 2026, and the utility called for more offshore wind and solar energy development, as well as small modular nuclear reactors, in a 2024 filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission. In July, Dominion Energy officials announced they were issuing a request for proposals for an SMR at its North Anna nuclear power plant in Louisa County.
Hundreds of people descended upon Danville‘s Main Street Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the $800 million Caesars Virginia, the third permanent casino to open in the state.
Caesars didn’t shortchange on spectacle for the first day. A faux Roman legionary struggled to climb out of a Rolls-Royce to join Vegas-style showgirls and others for the ribbon cutting, following an opening parade of race cars and supercars from Virginia International Raceway, Kaizen Autosport and Foreign Cars Italia.
Caesars Entertainment CEO Thomas R. Reeg spoke to a crowd of visitors prior to the ribbon cutting. “We know that you Danville, as a city …. had choices from among many strong operators,” he said. “I hope you’re proud of what we’ve delivered you.”
As local officials and corporate leaders were photographed cutting the ribbon to open the casino, Nathan and Dana Seagle of Ridgeway patiently waited to go inside. By arriving at the casino at around 9:30 a.m., the couple were the 20th and 21st customers to enter. Both were looking forward to checking out the slot machines. “I lose it, he wins it back,” Dana Seagle joked.
Caesars Virginia offers more than 90,000 square feet of gaming space, including 1,500 slot machines, 79 live-action table games, 48 electronic table games, a poker room as well as Caesars Sportsbook.
That’s where a passel of photographers waited Tuesday afternoon to catch a shot of Dennis Rodman, the former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls basketball legend, making the casino’s official first bet — a parlay bet on every team he played for in the NBA.
Once visitors were allowed inside, some bypassed the casino, however, to tour the ornate facility and grounds. A statue of Augustus, the Roman emperor, stands at the entrance to greet visitors staying in the 320-room hotel tower. There’s also a full-service spa, a pool and hot tub and 50,000 square feet of meeting and convention space that serves double duty as a 2,500-seat live entertainment venue.
Additionally, the resort offers multiple bars and dining offerings, including Dan Dan Noodle Bar and a Starbucks. The Center Bar on Tuesday offered dueling pianists.
A line of visitors waited to eat at Ramsay’s Kitchen on Tuesday. The chain restaurant developed by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is located adjacent to registration at Caesars Virginia and offers more than 250 seating options, including a private dining room and an outdoor patio with views of Danville’s historic Three Sisters Smokestacks. Ramsay’s famous Beef Wellington goes for $74.95. Fish and chips is $29.95.
In the casino, visitors quickly stationed themselves behind slot machines like children looking for the last available seat in musical chairs.
Among the players were Ken and Libba Matthews, who traveled to Caesars Virginia’s opening day from Goldsboro, North Carolina, about three hours away. The couple said they visit casinos to play slots and Black Jack about once a month. Before Danville opened, that meant traveling to Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel and Casino Resort in western North Carolina or traveling to casinos out west, like to Las Vegas. Now, Libba Matthews said, they have another option.
Another celebrity, albeit one with a lower profile than Rodman, could be found waiting in line to enter Caesars Virginia’s poker room. Tim Batow, a professional poker player from Naples, Florida, expected to play for more than 13 hours Tuesday. His goal, he said, was “just to find some fun poker games to play.”
Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner was the general contractor on Caesars Virginia, which was designed by Nevada architect Marnell Cos.
Caesars initially announced that Caesars Virginia would open on Dec. 12. But on Dec. 6, the company announced the Danville resort casino would open five days later due to “just delay overall,” according to a spokesperson.
Ken Larking, Danville’s city manager, said on Tuesday that when he first came to Danville in 2013, he could have never envisioned that the city, known as a former textile manufacturing giant, would one day draw visitors to a Caesars casino. “A big crowd,” he said. “People from everywhere [are] coming in to see Danville Virginia and learn about what we have going on here.”
Entertainers posed outside the Caesars Virginia casino during its Dec. 17, 2024, grand opening. Photo by Hannah King
Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones said that the citizens of Danville, who overwhelmingly voted to approve the casino in a 2020 referendum, also deserved a lot of credit for Tuesday’s opening. “This is all about them,” he said.
Danville held a competitive process to select a casino operators for Southern Virginia‘s sole casino. That, Larking said, “led to a great development agreement” with Caesars.
Caesars donated $15 million to the City of Danville in 2020 as part of the agreement and paid another $5 million to purchase 78 acres of land, known as the Schoolfield site, from the Danville Industrial Development Authority to build the casino resort. The city also negotiated an annual supplemental payment from Caesars that is estimated to bring in $12 million a year “above and beyond the state gaming tax revenue,” Larking noted.
“I think because of the process that we used, we were able to attract what I believe to be the best operator in the state, probably the best property, and also the great additional revenue that our city is going to receive because of it,” he said.
Barron Fuller, regional president for Caesars Entertainment, told onlookers Tuesday that Caesars Virginia employs 1,200 workers.
In May, Danville’s City Council voted to amend its development agreement with Caesars Virginia. Under its original agreement, the resort casino had promised to hire 1,300 employees. Under the new agreement, Caesars agreed to hire 900 full-time employees who will be paid at least $31,200 a year or no less than 125% of the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.
Reeg, while speaking Tuesday, pointed to Caesars’ temporary casino, located under a white tent across the street from the new casino resort. That facility, which opened in May 2023, has paid more than $66 million to Danville in gaming taxes, Caesars announced Dec. 6.
“The way that it was accepted in the community, and the way that you came to visit, and our players came, allowed us to make this even grander than it otherwise would have been,” Reeg said of Caesars Virginia. “That tent was a workhorse.”
Reeg also paid tribute to Chris Albrecht, the general manager of Caesars Virginia, who came to Danville in 2022 from Harrah’s Philadelphia.
“He was willing to raise his hand, uproot his life and move to a new community,” he said. “And he started with building the tent, staffing the tent, operating it, and then, at the same time, building this property behind you and staffing that.”
Michell Hicks, principal chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, which partnered with Caesars and ECBI Holdings to build Caesars Virginia, noted that the Eastern Band has partnered with Caesars on projects for 27 years. He taught the onlookers the Cherokee word “gadugi,” meaning to work together for the common good.
“This resort represents our commitment to this region,” he said.
In 2023, Virginia casinos generated $554.87 million in adjusted gaming revenues, based on Virginia Lottery data, including about $145 million in revenue generated by Caesars’ temporary Danville casino during its first six months of operation in 2023. Virginia law assesses a graduated tax on a casino’s adjusted gaming revenue. For the month of October, taxes from casino AGRs totaled about $11.54 million.
The temporary Caesars Virginia casino in Danville reported earning $18.21 million in AGR in October.
Under Virginia law, 6% of a casino operator’s AGR goes to its host locality until the operator passes $200 million in AGR for the year, at which point the host locality’s tax rate rises to 7%. If an operator passes $400 million in AGR in the calendar year, that rises to 8%.
The team behind the delayed Norfolk casino — which has had a change in ownership and in name — held a groundbreaking ceremony for the casino Oct. 30. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe remains a partner, but Boyd Gaming replaced Tennessee investor Jon Yarbrough. The entities have scrapped the name HeadWaters Resort & Casino and now refer to it as the Norfolk Casino Resort.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday a budget proposal to exempt service tips from Virginia’s state income tax, an idea that’s gained bipartisan support federally.
In a statement, Youngkin said that Virginians who receive tips — hair stylists, restaurant workers, bellhops and other service industry professionals — would benefit from being able to claim deductions on their state tax returns to the tune of about $70 million annually.
President-elect Donald Trump proposed the idea of eliminating taxes on tips during the presidential campaign, and Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, endorsed the idea as well.
“We have delivered over $5 billion in tax relief to date, and we remain committed to lowering the cost of living for hardworking Virginians. It’s their money, not the government’s,” Youngkin said in a statement. “By removing tips from taxable income, it will directly increase the take-home pay of hundreds of thousands of Virginians and give them more buying power, which in turn will improve financial stability, stimulate local economies, and honor the value of their hard work.”
According to the governor’s statement, the state tax department and the Virginia Employment Commission estimate that more than 250,000 Virginians work in service and hospitality industries.
Shortly after the governor’s announcement, the Virginia Restaurant Lodging & Travel Association released a statement of support.
“Virginia’s tipped employees in the hospitality and restaurant industries do an amazing job every day to help our commonwealth welcome visitors and locals alike to our nation-leading restaurants, hotels, campgrounds and attractions,” VRLTA President Eric Terry said. “Helping these team members keep more of the tips that they earn in their pockets will be a welcome relief as consumer costs continue to put pressure on everyday families. We are committed to working with the Youngkin administration and the Virginia General Assembly to make sure that this proposal is as responsible and impactful for Virginia’s tipped employees as it can be.”
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