INVENTORIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

Schedule of Inventory, Current

Inventories consisted of the following:

	April 30, 2014		October 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Live poultry-broilers and breeders	$	140,374	$	124,260
Feed, eggs and other		36,004		34,949
Processed poultry		24,998		32,139
Prepared chicken		9,438		6,483
Packaging materials		8,203		8,024
	$	219,017	$	205,855