date:Mar 14, 2014
onsistent, stable earnings.
Leatherby said the company navigated global economic challenges, unfavorable market dynamics and input costs that were sometimes staggering -- including $1.5 billion in incremental feed costs during a three-year time frame -- and still achieved strong results. He reiterated that they expect fiscal 2014 earnings per share to be at least $2.78.
During a question and answer session, Donnie Smith, the company's president and chief executive officer, acknowledged that th