PORK Premium Std Farms (MM)

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Premium Standard Farms, Inc. (PSF) (NASDAQ:PORK), a leading vertically integrated provider of pork products, announced today that John Meyer, CEO, and Steve Lightstone, CFO, will present at the Harris Nesbitt Agriculture and Protein Conference in New York, NY. The Company will present May 18, 2006 at 8:45am EDT, and will review PSF's history, financial performance, and future growth opportunities. Interested investors may listen into a live web cast of the company's presentation by logging onto http://www.harrisnesbitt.com/conferences/agricultureandprotein/ . The presentation will also be available via PSF's website for thirty days following the event. To access the presentation, please visit the investor relations section of http://www.psfarms.com/ . About PSF PSF is one of the largest vertically integrated providers of pork products in the United States, producing consistent, high quality pork products for the retail, wholesale, foodservice, export, and further processor markets. PSF is the nation's second largest pork producer and sixth largest pork processor, with approximately 4,300 employees working at farms and processing facilities in Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas. This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Naturally, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty and actual results or events could be materially different. Although we believe that our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our goals will be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ include: economic conditions generally and in our principal markets; economic conditions in competing proteins; competitive practices and consolidation in the pork production and processing industries; the impact of current and future laws, government regulations and fiscal policies affecting our industry and operations, including environmental laws and regulations, trade embargoes and tariffs; domestic and international transportation disruptions; food safety; the availability of additional capital to fund future commitments and expansion and the cost and terms of financing; outbreaks of disease in our herds; feed ingredient costs; fluctuations in live hog and wholesale pork prices; customer demands and preferences; and the occurrence of natural disasters and other occurrences beyond our control. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed might not occur. DATASOURCE: Premium Standard Farms, Inc. CONTACT: Investor contact, Steve Lightstone, CFO of Premium Standard Farms, Inc., +1-816-472-7675 Web site: http://www.psfarms.com/

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