Sanderson Farms, Inc. announced that Edith Kelly-Green was elected to the company's Board of Directors, effective September 20, 2018. She will serve as a Class B director until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2019 and will, if re-elected at that meeting, serve for a term expiring in 2021. Kelly-Green is a partner in The KGR Group, whose primary interests are investments in Lennys Grill and Subs restaurant franchises located in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to starting this business in 2005, she worked for FedEx Express, where she served in many roles including Vice President and Chief Sourcing Officer. She also served as Vice President-Internal Audit of FedEx Corporation. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Applied Industrial Technology.

The company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.32 per share payable October 16, 2018 to stockholders of record on October 2, 2018.