In 2006, Seaboard Foods began to market and sell fresh pork products produced at a new pork processing plant located in St. Joseph, Mo. The plant is owned and operated by Triumph Foods. The producer-owners of the Triumph Foods plant have aligned with Seaboard Foods and follow a controlled integrated pork production model similar to the Guymon, Okla., system to ensure product consistency between the two plants. Seaboard Foods' integrated system provides a number of strategic advantages relative to other companies in the industry. These advantages, which result largely from significant control of the production and processing chain, allow