33 Quotes by John Tyson

Thousands of producers prefer to sell cattle through marketing agreements, rather than in the cash market. The decisions in this case allow them to continue this practice, which they believe is more efficient and rewards them for raising cattle that produce the beef consumers demand.

We are satisfied that IBP's accounting issues have been resolved, and have every confidence in (IBP's) management team, ... We look forward to their contribution as we work together to run the world's premier protein provider.

We are gratified by the Supreme Court's decision in this case. This means U. S. cattle producers will continue to have the freedom to market cattle the way they want. It also proves our livestock buying practices are proper.

We recognize the importance of being a responsible corporate citizen. This report charts our efforts as we seek to do what's right for all our stakeholders. It describes precisely how we provide safe food to the marketplace, serve as stewards for the animals, land and environment and act as partners in our communities. It also explains how we treat people, including our Team Members, consumers, suppliers and the communities where we live and operate.

We're excited about proceeding with this project, which represents another monumental step in the evolution of our case ready meats business,

While our performance was at the high end of our previous guidance, we clearly did not perform to our potential, ... Our focus is on improving our operational execution and expense management to more fully benefit from our improving sales mix. We simply have to get more money to the bottom line.

We've worked hard over the past year to try to keep these plants open and I appreciate everyone's efforts. However, we've concluded we can operate more efficiently by permanently consolidating operations.

We will get a seasonal balance come May, June. It is going to get better. We're in a tough curve, and that's why you'll see us going to step on the accelerator when we come out of that curve.

We said the second quarter would be very tough, and it was even tougher than we anticipated.