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Above from top to bottom are Carla Anderson in Information Services; Ray Cherry from Milk Procurement; Arti Bedi in Research and Development; Mike VandeLogt from our Seed division; and Lawrie Kull, who works in Public Affairs.
Directly above from left to right are Petranella Boysen who works in the shelf life studies department for Research and Development; Hwai-Chyi Kuei, a data warehouse developer; Matt Fanta from CROPLAN GENETICS, the Seed division; and Guru Raja Ramamurthy, who works in Information Services supporting Dairy Foods.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Throughout this report to stakeholders, we discuss some of our expectations regarding the Company's future performance. All of these forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions. Such statements are subject to certain risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. In particular, our ability to restructure our swine and Upper Midwest dairy assets to improve profitability and our ability to enhance performance and profitability in our industrial dairy and layers businesses may be affected by, among other things, consumer demand and preferences, commodity prices, our competitive environment, changes in regulations pertaining to milk marketing and the availability of adequate milk supply. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances. For a discussion of other important risk factors that may materially affect our estimates and results, please see the risk factors contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 which can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission web site (www.sec.gov).
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