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NOTE 20: SEGMENT REPORTING
We operate in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss).
Chicken: Chicken operations include breeding and raising chickens, as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen and
value-added chicken products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed
domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as
schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets. It also includes
sales from allied products and our chicken breeding stock subsidiary.
Beef: Beef operations include processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts
and case-ready products. This segment also includes sales from allied products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics
operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors,
restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military
and other food processors, as well as to international markets. Allied products are marketed to manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and
technical products.
Pork: Pork operations include processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and
case-ready products. This segment also includes our live swine group, related allied product processing activities and logistics
operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors,
restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military
and other food processors, as well as to international markets. We sell allied products to pharmaceutical and technical products
manufacturers, as well as a limited number of live swine to pork processors.
Prepared Foods: Prepared Foods operations include manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and
logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products include pepperoni, bacon, beef and pork pizza toppings,
pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes and
processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and
noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors,
as well as to international markets.