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Pilgrim's Pride, Cagle's joins ranks of firms cutting production
In response to what the company called
the "current negative industry fundamentals," Pilgrim's Pride Corp. announced
this past month it will cut its weekly
poultry production by 5 percent in the
second half of 2008. Coming on the
heels of last month's news that it will
shutter a facility in Siler City, N.C., the
company hopes the production cutback
will even out supply and demand during
a period when
ethanol production has
driven feed
costs to record-high levels. Officials
say the company is continuing to review all of its facilities and
has not ruled out additional closures
and consolidation.

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"Soaring feed-ingredient costs fueled
by the federal government's misguided
ethanol policy has created a crisis in
our industry, the true effects of which
are only just now beginning to be felt

"Soaring feed-ingredient
costs fueled by the
federal government's
misguided ethanol
policy has created a
crisis in our industry."
by American consumers in the form of
higher food prices," said Clint Rivers,
president and CEO.
Reduced production is becoming
more common nowadays, as is evident with the announcement of a 5
percent production cutback by Bald-

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the month. Likewise, Simmons Foods,
Siloam Springs,
Ark. announced
it would cut production by 6 percent and Atlanta-based Cagle's
said recently that
it would follow
suit with a 4 perRivers
cent cut. Thankfully, said Rivers, the challenging conditions are impacting companies of all
sizes, not just the industry giants.
"We have been encouraged by these
public announcements, for they indicate
that the production cutbacks this time
are being shared more broadly across the
industry, rather than limited to just the
largest processors, as was the case last
year," he said. "We believe the cuts we

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