ITEM
2.
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION
AND
ANALYSIS
OF
FINANCIAL
CONDITION
AND
RESULTS
OF
OPERATIONS
The following
should be
read in
conjunction
with Management's
Discussion and
Analysis of
Financial Condition
and Results
of Operations included
in Part II Item
7 of the Company's
Annual Report on
Form 10-K for its
fiscal year ended May
31, 2025
(the "2025 Annual Report"), and the accompanying financial statements and
notes included in Part II Item 8 of the 2025 Annual
Report and in
Part I Item 1
of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Quarterly Report").
This Quarterly
Report contains
numerous forward-looking
statements within
the meaning of
Section 27A
of the
Securities Act
of 1933
(the "Securities
Act") and
Section 21E
of the
Securities Exchange
Act of
1934 (the
"Exchange
Act") relating
to our
business,
including
potential
future
supply
of
and
demand
for
our
products,
potential
future
corn
and
soybean
price
trends,
potential future
impact on our
business of the
resurgence in United
States ("U.S.") commercial
table egg
layer flocks of
highly
pathogenic avian influenza ("HPAI"),
estimated future production data, expected
construction schedules, projected construction
costs, potential future
impact on our business
of inflation and changing
interest rates, potential future
impact on our business
of
new legislation,
rules or
policies, potential
outcomes of
legal proceedings,
including loss
contingency accruals
and factors
that
may result
in changes
in the
amounts recorded,
other projected
operating data,
including anticipated
results of
operations
and
financial condition, and
potential future cash
returns to stockholders
including the timing
and amount of
any repurchases under
our
share
repurchase
program.
Such
forward-looking
statements
are
identified
by
the
use
of
words
such
as
"believes,"
"intends,"
"expects,"
"hopes," "may,"
"should,"
"plans,"
"projected,"
"contemplates,"
"anticipates,"
or
similar words.
Actual
outcomes
or
results
could
differ
materially
from
those
projected
in
the
forward-looking
statements.
The
forward-looking
statements
are
based
on management's
current
intent,
belief,
expectations,
estimates,
and
projections
regarding
the Company
and its
industry.
These statements
are not
guarantees of
future performance
and involve
risks, uncertainties,
assumptions, and
other
factors
that
are
difficult
to
predict
and
may
be
beyond
our
control.
The
factors
that
could
cause
actual
results
to
differ
materially from
those projected
in the
forward-looking statements
include, among
others, (i)
the risk
factors set
forth in
Part I