Sanderson Farms, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend15:14 EST Thursday, January 24, 2013 LAUREL, Miss. (Business Wire) -- Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFM) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 (seventeen cents) per share payable February 19, 2013, to stockholders of record on February 5, 2013. Sanderson Farms, Inc. is engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken and other prepared food items. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SAFM. SAFM-G Sanderson Farms, Inc.Mike Cockrell, 601-649-4030Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer