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TEN YEARS
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Dairy Foods Feed Seed Swine Agronomy Layers Other/
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Consolidated  

For the year ended December 31, 2003
  Net sales $ 2,969,380   $ 2,467,207   $ 479,309   $ 91,187   $   $ 317,829   $ (4,456 ) $   6,320,456  
  Cost of sales (1)   2,797,079     2,179,115     416,213     88,581         264,727     (10,468 ) 5,735,247  
  Selling, general and administrative 141,368 229,989 46,354 5,285 13,993 24,598 6,754 468,341  
  Restructuring and impairment charges 2,605 1,962 1,775 1,144 7,486  
  Interest expense (income), net 29,107 28,133 3,384 5,882 9,019 9,869 (2,446 ) 82,948  
  Gain on legal settlements (103 ) (22,429 ) (310 )   (22,842 )
  Other (income) expense, net (1,384 ) (727 ) 525   (1,586 )
  Equity in (earnings) loss of affiliated companies (4,952 ) (1,641 )   105 (36,237 ) (14,480 ) 60   (57,145 )
  Minority interest in earnings of subsidiaries 6,366         6,366  

  Earnings (loss) before income taxes $ 5,660   $ 46,439 $ 11,583 $ (9,810 ) $ 13,225   $ 33,425   $ 1,119 101,641  

For the year ended December 31, 2002
  Net sales $ 2,903,144 $ 2,444,668 $ 406,871 $ 83,239 $ $ $ 8,942   $   5,846,864
  Cost of sales (1) 2,743,882 2,155,342 353,852 93,482 3,865 5,350,423
  Selling, general and administrative 156,016 235,835 44,272 5,795 18,885 2,120 7,725 470,648
  Restructuring and impairment charges 19,647 11,765 31,412
  Interest expense (income), net 20,136 36,427 4,318 5,521 9,469 4,509 (1,709 ) 78,671
  Gain on legal settlements (3,166 ) (152,378 )   (155,544 )
  Other (income) expense, net (1,796 ) (2,642 ) (3,956 ) 119 32 (8,243 )
  Equity in loss (earnings) of affiliated companies 580 (1,560 ) 75 1,491 (26,598 ) 2,915 422 (22,675 )
  Minority interest in (loss) earnings of subsidiaries (21 ) 5,380   19       109   5,487  

  Earnings (loss) before income taxes $ (32,134 ) $ 156,499 $ 8,291 $ (23,169 ) $ (1,756 ) $ (9,544 ) $ (1,502 ) 96,685

For the year ended December 31, 2001
  Net sales $ 3,469,279 $ 1,864,021 $ 413,567 $ 109,895 $ $ $ 8,096   $   5,864,858
  Cost of sales (1) 3,233,856 1,691,309 354,175 96,980 2,285 5,378,605
  Selling, general and administrative 168,940 133,438 49,127 5,155 16,511 329 8,829 382,329
  Restructuring and impairment charges 1,661 272 1,800 3,733
  Interest expense (income), net 20,046 13,786 6,268 6,182 8,057 3,281   (1,936 ) 55,684
  Gain on legal settlements   (2,996 )     (2,996 )
  Other expense (income), net 66 (117 )   23,168   23,117  
  Equity in (earnings) loss of affiliated companies (4,940 ) (4,437 ) 324   (3,325 ) (34,704 ) (1,771 ) 270 (48,583 )
  Minority interest in (loss) earnings of subsidiaries (1,000 ) 7,992   6 (116 ) 6,882  

  Earnings (loss) before income taxes $ 50,716 $ 24,657 $ 3,601 $ 3,103   $ 10,253   $ (1,839 ) $ (24,404 ) 66,087

2003

Total assets $ 948,706 $ 945,497 $ 439,858 $ 69,294 $ 423,341 $ 315,555 $ 255,905   $   3,398,156  
Depreciation and amortization 42,958 44,895 2,156 3,548 6,101 6,326 14,784 120,768  
Capital expenditures 28,220 24,049 542 5,060 3,769 12,412 74,052  
2002

Total assets $ 936,297 $ 1,087,432 $ 448,039 $ 73,883 $ 426,696 $ 58,332 $ 215,643 3,246,322
Depreciation and amortization   36,831   46,555   3,023   3,829   6,090   873   9,561 106,762
Capital expenditures   32,347   26,047   573   3,126         85,344 87,437
2001

Total assets $ 730,365 $ 981,229 $ 379,912 $ 77,911 $ 411,738 $ 60,364 $ 449,859   $   3,091,378
Depreciation and amortization   42,466   31,707   5,008   5,575   6,321   329   5,882 97,288
Capital expenditures   37,749   24,872   2,685   7,310         11,320 83,936

(1)Cost of sales includes unrealized hedging (gains) losses of: Dairy Foods   Feed   Seed   Swine     Agronomy   Layers   Other Consolidated

2003 $ (3,035 ) $ (11,802 ) $ (2,645 ) $ (1,980 ) $ -   $ -   $ -   $   (19,462 )
2002   394     (154 )   (2,265 )   888     -     -     - (1,137 )
2001   139     3,735     2,265     423     -     -     - 6,562  

 

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