Sunwold Farms Inc.

Sunwold Farms Inc. is an agricultural company that specializes in operating swine farms, collaborating with various partners within the agricultural industry to deliver quality products and contribute to sustainable farming practices.

CCI Score

-45.08

0.11% May 31

Latest Event

Sunwold Farms Accused in Fraudulent Check Kiting Scheme

A lawsuit filed by Compeer Financial on March 31, 2025, alleges that Sunwold Farms, along with two other hog farms in Yankton County, South Dakota, engaged in a fraudulent check kiting scheme that resulted in $36 million in losses.

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QUISLING

Sunwold Farms Inc. is currently rated as a Quisling.

-44 to -59 CCI Score

These companies are fully aligned with authoritarian regimes. They not only support but also enforce oppressive policies, playing a significant role in the regime’s operational apparatus and contributing directly to its consolidation of power.

Latest Events

MAR

31

2025

Sunwold Farms Accused in Fraudulent Check Kiting Scheme
-39.33

A lawsuit filed by Compeer Financial on March 31, 2025, alleges that Sunwold Farms, along with two other hog farms in Yankton County, South Dakota, engaged in a fraudulent check kiting scheme that resulted in $36 million in losses.
-40

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

April 9

Sunwold Farms is implicated in a fraudulent check kiting scheme, a behavior that reflects serious unethical business practices. Such financial misconduct undermines trust in corporate accountability and can indirectly contribute to broader economic instability, which authoritarian regimes might exploit. This negative action is concerning from an ethical business practices perspective.

Compeer seeks damages, receivership in SD hog farms check kiting scheme
MAR

18

2025

Sunwold Farms Receivership Raises Livestock Care and Business Practice Concerns
-35.92

Court records from Yankton County indicate that Sunwold Farms, among other hog companies, faced receivership following a warning filed on March 18, 2025, regarding the potential starving of pigs. While the receivership eventually secured daily care for the animals, the incident raises serious concerns about the company’s management practices and the broader economic impact on employees, barn owners, and local vendors.
-50

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

April 9

The involvement of Sunwold Farms in receivership amid warnings over potential neglect of livestock care reflects significant issues in business practices and ethical responsibility. The allegations, in the context of questionable financial activities among associated companies, underscore systemic mismanagement that compromises animal welfare and corporate integrity.

Hog companies in receivership: Livestock care questioned
-20

Economic and Structural Influence

April 9

The receivership reflects broader economic and structural instability impacting not only the company but also its employees, barn owners, and local vendors. This instability can undermine community trust and economic resilience, aspects critically important to ethical corporate behavior.

Hog companies in receivership: Livestock care questioned
FEB

12

2025

Lawsuit Accuses Sunwold Farms Inc. of Fraudulent Check-Kiting Scheme Endangering Piglets
-60.00

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleges that Sunwold Farms Inc., along with other swine operators, engaged in a long-running check-kiting fraud. The scheme, which involved issuing numerous high-value checks to maintain phony positive bank balances, has endangered the welfare of 110,000 piglets and raised concerns about the ability to maintain proper care, including feeding and payroll obligations for workers.