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Chicken Producer Sanderson Exploring Sale, Dow Jones Says
(Bloomberg) — Sanderson Farms Inc., the U.S.’s third-biggest chicken producer, is exploring a sale, Dow Jones reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The company has hired Centerview Partners to give advice about a sale, and potential buyers include Continental Grain Co., according to Dow Jones.Chief Financial Officer Mike Cockrell declined to comment, citing company policy on not responding to market speculation. Centerview and Continental Grain, which owns Wayne Farms LLC, the sixth-
