Tyson Foods Inc. reported its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2011. The company achieved record sales in the fourth quarter of $8.4 billion, up 12.9 percent compared to last year. Beef operating income stood at $118 million, while pork operating income was $113 million and prepared foods was $28 million. Tyson's chicken operations had an operating loss of $82 million.
For the fiscal year, Tyson has sales of $32.266 billion, up from 2010's sales of $28.43 billion. Operating income dropped however, from $1.556 billion in 2010 to $1.285 billion in 2011.