Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> June 10, 2002

D.michael Cockrell – Sanderson Farms Inc (safm)

D. MICHAEL COCKRELL has served, since 1993, as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for Sanderson Farms, Inc. Prior to 1993, Mr. Cockrell was a shareholder and member of the law firm Wise Carter Child & Caraway of Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Cockrell is a member of the Executive Committee of the company. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Sanderson Farms,

Inc., and then a picture of the things that you are doing at the present

time?

Mr. Cockrell: Our company was organized