date:Mar 14, 2014
e PED virus is hurting hog producers and will likely result in reduced hog supplies and higher prices. Smith reminded investors that Tyson Foods is a buyer of hogs, not a producer, and would have to pass along any increased input costs to the buyers of its pork products.
Prepared foods and value-added chicken will be key drivers of the company's future growth, Smith said, pointing to Wright Brand sausage, Tyson Day Starts frozen breakfast foods and Nature Raised Farms no-antibiotics-ever chicke