/s/  
JOEL W. JOHNSON
JOEL W. JOHNSON
 
1/23/04
 
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/  
MICHAEL J.
MICHAEL J. McCOY
 
1/23/04
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer And Director (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/  
GARY J. RAY*
GARY J. RAY
 
1/23/04
 
Executive Vice President Refrigerated Foods And Director
/s/  
ERIC A. BROWN*
ERIC A. BROWN
 
1/23/04
 
Group Vice President Prepared Foods And Director
/s/  
JOHN W. ALLEN*
JOHN W. ALLEN
 
1/23/04
 
Director
 
/s/  
JOHN R. BLOCK*
JOHN R. BLOCK
 
1/23/04
 
Director
/s/  
WILLIAM S. DAVILA*
WILLIAM S. DAVILA
 
1/23/04
 
Director
/s/  
E. PETER GILLETTE JR.*
E. PETER GILLETTE JR.
 
1/23/04
 
Director
/s/  
LUELLA G. GOLDBERG*
LUELLA G. GOLDBERG
 
1/23/04
 
Director
/s/  
SUSAN I. MARVIN*
SUSAN I. MARVIN
 
1/23/04
 
Director
JOHN L. MORRISON
 
 
 
Director
/s/  
DAKOTA A. PIPPINS*
DAKOTA A. PIPPINS
 
1/23/04
 
Director
/s/  
JOHN G. TURNER*
JOHN G. TURNER
 
1/23/04
 
Director
/s/  
DR. ROBERT R. WALLER*
DR. ROBERT R. WALLER
 
1/23/04
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*By:
 
/s/  
MICHAEL J.
MICHAEL J. McCOY,
as Attorney-In-Fact
 
1/23/04
 
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
ITEM 15 (a) (1), (2), AND (3) AND ITEM 15 (c) AND (d)
LIST OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
LIST OF EXHIBITS