**EXHIBIT          12**

**PILGRIM'S          PRIDE CORPORATION**

**COMPUTATION          OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**

|                                                                                                                                              |   | *Year                    Ended*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                                                                                              |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   | September                    30, 2006 |   | October                    1,2005 |   | October                    2, 2004 |   | September                    27, 2003 |   | September                    28, 2002 |   |
|                                                                                                                                              |   | *                                                     (amounts in thousands, except ratio)* |   |
| EARNINGS:                                                                                                                                         |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income                    before income taxes                                                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   | $ | (36,317 | ) | $ | 403,523 |   | $ | 208,535 |   | $ | 63,235 |   | $ | 61,861 |   |
|                                                                                                                                              |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Add:                    Total fixed charges (see below)                                                                                           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   | 64,172 |   |   | 64,735 |   |   | 67,168 |   |   | 49,647 |   |   | 48,394 |   |
| Less:                    Interest Capitalized                                                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   | (4,298 | ) |   | (2,841 | ) |   | (1,714 | ) |   | (1,535 | ) |   | (7,153 | ) |
| Total                    Earnings                                                                                                                 |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   | $ | 26,557 |   | $ | 465,417 |   | $ | 273,989 |   | $ | 111,347 |   | $ | 103,102 |   |
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| FIXED                    CHARGES:                                                                                                                 |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                    (1)                                                                                                                   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   | $ | 54,899 |   | $ | 52,426 |   | $ | 56,150 |   |   | 40,356 |   | $ | 38,840 |   |
| Portion                    of rental expense representative of the interest  factor                    (2)                                   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   | 12,273 |   |   | 12,309 |   |   | 11,018 |   |   | 9,291 |   |   | 9,554 |   |
| Total                    fixed charges                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   | $ | 67,172 |   | $ | 64,735 |   | $ | 67,168 |   | $ | 49,647 |   | $ | 48,394 |   |
| Ratio                    of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                             |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   |   | (3 | )  |   | 7.19 |   |   | 4.08 |   |   | 2.24 |   |   | (4 |  )  |
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| (1)                    Interest includes amortization of capitalized financing fees.                                                              |
| (2)                    One-third of rental expenses is assumed to be representative                    of the                    interest factor. |
| (3)                    Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by                    $40,615.                                           |
| (4)                    Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by                    $4,104.                                            |