Exhibit 10.1

SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (herein, the “Amendment”) is entered
into as of June 14, 2018, among Sanderson Farms, Inc., a Mississippi corporation
(the “Company”), the Banks party hereto, and BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Agent for
the Banks (“Agent”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A.    The Company, the Banks, and the Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement
dated as of April 28, 2017, as previously amended (the “Credit Agreement”). All
capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings
herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.
B.    The Company has requested that the Required Banks amend the Credit
Agreement, and the Required Banks are willing to do so on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
AMENDMENTS.

Upon satisfaction of all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2
hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
1.1.    Section 7.11(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to read as
follows:
(ii)    this construction of a Tyler, Texas chicken processing complex in excess
of $250,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
2.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of all of the
following conditions precedent:
2.1.    The Company and the Required Banks shall have executed this Amendment.
2.2.    Each Guarantor Subsidiary shall have executed the Guarantors’
Acknowledgment attached hereto.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

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3.1.    Each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the
Credit Agreement is true and correct.
3.2.    The Company is in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions
of the Credit Agreement and no Event of Default or Potential Default has
occurred and is continuing thereunder or shall result after giving effect to
this Amendment.
4.
MISCELLANEOUS.

4.1.    Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in any note,
document, letter, certificate, the Credit Agreement itself, the Notes, or any
communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the Credit Agreement
or the Notes, any reference to the Credit Agreement being sufficient to refer to
the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
4.2.    This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the
different parties on different counterparts, all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Any of the parties hereto may execute
this Amendment by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts
shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original. This Amendment shall be
governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
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This Amendment is entered into as of the date and year first above written.
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
By /s/ D. Michael Cockrell
Its CFO and Treasurer
Accepted and agreed to as of the date and year first above written.
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.,
as Agent and an L/C Issuer
By /s/ David J. Bechstein
Its Director

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“LENDERS”
BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC.
By /s/ David J. Bechstein
Its Director

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AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK
By /s/ Matt Jeffords
Its Vice President

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FARM CREDIT BANK OF TEXAS
By /s/ Alan Robinson
Its Vice President

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FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCA
By /s/ Bruce Dean
Its Vice President

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REGIONS BANK
By /s/ Jim Wild
Its Vice President

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BANK OF THE WEST
By /s/ Trevor Svoboda
Its Director

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FARM CREDIT MID-AMERICA, PCA
By /s/ Jay Carter
Its Vice President, Capital Markets

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FCS COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP, FOR AGCOUNTRY FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA (SUCCESSOR
BY MERGER TO UNITED FCS, PCA d/b/a FCS COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP)
By /s/ Jamey Grafing
Its Senior Vice President

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NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA
By /s/ Paul Hadley
Its Vice President

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GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, ACA
By /s/ Curtis Flammini
Its Vice President of Capital Markets

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Harry Brown
Its Vice President

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TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ William H. Edwards
Its Senior Vice President

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FARM CREDIT WEST, PCA
By /s/ Robert Stornetta
Its Vice President

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BANKPLUS
By /s/ Jay Bourne
Its Senior Vice President

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AMERICAN AGCREDIT, PCA
By /s/ Chris Levine
Its Vice President

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COMPEER FINANCIAL (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, PCA AND 1ST
FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA)
By /s/ Lee Fuchs
Its Director, Capital Markets

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GUARANTORS’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned, each of which has executed and delivered to the Banks a
Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 28, 2017 (the “Guaranty Agreement”), hereby
acknowledges the amendment of the Credit Agreement as set forth above and agrees
that all of the Company’s indebtedness, obligations and liabilities to the Banks
and the Agent under the Credit Agreement, as amended by the foregoing Amendment,
and the Notes are and shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of said
Guaranty Agreement. The undersigned further agree that the Acknowledgment or
consent of the undersigned to any further amendments of the Credit Agreement
shall not be required as a result of this Acknowledgment having been obtained,
except to the extent, if any, required by the Guaranty Agreement.
Dated as of June 14, 2018.
SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (FOODS DIVISION)
By /s/ D. Michael Cockrell
Its CFO and Treasurer
SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (PRODUCTION DIVISION)
By /s/ D. Michael Cockrell
Its CFO and Treasurer
SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (PROCESSING DIVISION)
By /s/ D. Michael Cockrell
Its CFO and Treasurer