Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2013

Segment Reporting Information, By Segment

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows (in millions):



	Three Months Ended
	December 28, 2013			December 29, 2012
Sales:
Chicken	$	2,656		$	2,595
Beef	3,734			3,485
Pork	1,424			1,363
Prepared Foods	907			841
International	327			327
Other	—			20
Intersegment Sales	(287		)	(265		)
Total Sales	$	8,761		$	8,366

Operating Income (Loss):
Chicken	$	253		$	113
Beef	58			46
Pork	121			125
Prepared Foods	16			33
International	(28		)	(2		)
Other	(8		)	(11		)
Total Operating Income	412			304

Total Other (Income) Expense	29			36

Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	$	383		$	268

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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