**EXHIBIT        12**

**PILGRIM'S        PRIDE CORPORATION**

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

|                                                                                                                                        |   | *Year                  Ended*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                                                                                        |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   | October                  1,2005 |   | October                  ,22004 |   | September                  27, 2003 |   | September                  28, 2002 |   | September                  29, 2001 |   |
|                                                                                                                                        |   | *                                                   (amounts in thousands, except ratio)* |   |
| EARNINGS:                                                                                                                                   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income                  before income taxes                                                                                                 |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   | $ | 403,523 |   | $ | 208,535 |   | $ | 63,235 |   | $ | 1,910 |   | $ | 61,861 |   |
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| Add:                  Total fixed charges (see below)                                                                                       |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   | 64,735 |   |   | 67,168 |   |   | 49,647 |   |   | 48,322 |   |   | 48,394 |   |
| Less:                  Interest Capitalized                                                                                                 |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   | (2,841 | ) |   | (1,714 | ) |   | (1,535 | ) |   | (6,014 | ) |   | (7,153 | ) |
| Total                  Earnings                                                                                                             |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   | $ | 465,417 |   | $ | 273,989 |   | $ | 111,347 |   | $ | 44,218 |   | $ | 103,102 |   |
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| FIXED                  CHARGES:                                                                                                             |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                  (1)                                                                                                               |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   | $ | 52,426 |   | $ | 56,150 |   | $ | 40,356 |   |   | 38,965 |   | $ | 38,840 |   |
| Portion                  of rental expense representative of the interest  factor                  (2)                                 |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   | 12,309 |   |   | 11,018 |   |   | 9,291 |   |   | 9,357 |   |   | 9,554 |   |
| Total                  fixed charges                                                                                                        |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   | $ | 64,735 |   | $ | 67,168 |   | $ | 49,647 |   | $ | 48,322 |   | $ | 48,394 |   |
| Ratio                  of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                         |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   | 7.19 |   |   | 4.08 |   |   | 2.24 |   |   | (3 | ) |   | 2.13 |   |
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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                  $4,104.                                          |
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