SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On December15, 2016, the Registrant issued a press release
announcing its earnings for its fiscal quarter and year ended
October31, 2016. The press release is furnished herewith as
Exhibit 99.1. Also on December15, 2016, the Registrant held a
conference call to discuss its earnings for its fiscal quarter
and year ended October31, 2016. A transcript of the conference
call is furnished herewith as Exhibit99.2. The information in the
press release and transcript is not to be considered filed for
purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), and is not incorporated by reference into the
Registrants filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Securities Act).

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT MAY
AFFECT FUTURE PERFORMANCE

Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report may include forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provisions of
Section27A of the Securities Act and Section21E of the Exchange
Act. These forward-looking statements are based on a number of
assumptions about future events and are subject to various risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from the views, beliefs and estimates expressed
in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors
include, but are not limited to, the risks described in Exhibit
99.1 to this report and in the Registrants Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended October31, 2016. The risks cannot be
controlled by the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements made by or on behalf
of Sanderson Farms. Each such statement speaks only as of the day
it was made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or to
revise any forward-looking statements. The factors cannot be
controlled by the Company. When used in this report, the words
believes, expects, anticipates, estimates, model, should, plans
and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include
statements about managements beliefs about future earnings,
production levels, expenditures, grain prices and supply, global
economic conditions, supply and demand factors and other industry
conditions.

Section9 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The following exhibits are furnished with this Current
Report:

About SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM)

Sanderson Farms, Inc. is a poultry processing company. The Company is engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken, and the preparation, processing, marketing and distribution of processed and prepared chicken items. The Company sells ice pack, chill pack, bulk pack and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless form, primarily under the Sanderson Farms brand name to retailers, distributors and casual dining operators principally in the southeastern, southwestern, northeastern and western United States, and to customers reselling frozen chicken into export markets. The Company conducts its chicken operations through Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division) and Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division), and its prepared chicken business through Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division). Its prepared chicken product line includes approximately 70 institutional and consumer packaged partially cooked or marinated chicken items.

SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) Recent Trading Information

SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) closed its last trading session up +0.86 at 92.35 with 657,544 shares trading hands.