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13
Number of Facilities
Owned
Leased
Total
Chicken Segment:
Processing plants
61
2
63
Rendering plants
14
-
14
Blending mills
2
-
2
Feed mills
42
-
42
Broiler hatcheries
62
7
69
Breeder houses
483
747
1,230
Broiler farm houses
864
812
1,676
Beef Segment Production Facilities
12
-
12
Pork Segment Production Facilities
9
-
9
Prepared Foods Segment Processing Plants
22
1
23
Distribution Centers
10
2
12
Cold Storage Facilities
65
10
75
Capacity(1)
Fiscal 2009
per week at
Average Capacity
October 3, 2009
Utilization
Chicken Processing Plants
48 million head
90%
Beef Production Facilities
170,000 head
82%
Pork Production Facilities
437,000 head
90%
Prepared Foods Processing Plants
45 million pounds
82%
(1) Capacity based on a five day week for Chicken and Prepared Foods, while Beef and Pork are based on a six day week.
Chicken: Chicken processing plants include various phases of slaughtering, dressing, cutting, packaging, deboning and
further-processing. We also have 17 pet food operations, which are part of the Chicken processing plants. The blending mills, feed
mills and broiler hatcheries have sufficient capacity to meet the needs of the chicken growout operations.
Beef: Beef plants include various phases of slaughtering live cattle and fabricating beef products. Some also treat and tan hides. The
Beef segment includes three case-ready operations that share facilities with the Pork segment. One of the beef facilities contains a
tallow refinery. Carcass facilities reduce live cattle to dressed carcass form. Processing facilities conduct fabricating operations to
produce boxed beef and allied products.
Pork: Pork plants include various phases of slaughtering live hogs and fabricating pork products and allied products. The Pork
segment includes three case-ready operations that share facilities with the Beef segment.
Prepared Foods: Prepared Foods plants process fresh and frozen chicken, beef, pork and other raw materials into pizza toppings,
branded and processed meats, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla
products and meat dishes.
We believe our present facilities are generally adequate and suitable for our current purposes; however, seasonal fluctuations in
inventories and production may occur as a reaction to market demands for certain products. We regularly engage in construction and
other capital improvement projects intended to expand capacity and improve the efficiency of our processing and support facilities.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Refer to the discussion of our certain legal proceedings pending against us under Part II, Item 8, Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements, Note 22: “Contingencies,” which discussion is incorporated herein by reference. Listed below are certain additional legal
proceedings for which we are involved.
On October 23, 2001, a putative class action lawsuit styled R. Lynn Thompson, et al. vs. Tyson Foods, Inc. was filed in the District
Court for Mayes County, Oklahoma by three property owners on behalf of all owners of lakefront property on Grand Lake O’ the
Cherokees. Simmons Foods, Inc. and Peterson Farms, Inc. also are defendants. The plaintiffs allege the defendants’ operations
diminished the water quality in the lake thereby interfering with the plaintiffs’ use and enjoyment of their properties. The plaintiffs