**John
                Hancock Financial Services, Inc.**


Bond
      and
      Corporate Finance Group


Food
      and
      Commodity Team





128
                South Tryon Street
              Suite
                880
              Charlotte,
                NC 28202
              (704)
                377-2653
              Fax:
                (704) 377-8545
              E-mail:
                kwarlick@jhancock.com
              Website:http://food.jhancock.comKenneth
                L. Warlick
              Managing
                Director




September
      22, 2006





Mr.
      Rick
      Cogdill


Chief
      Financial Officer


Pilgrim's
      Pride Corporation


4845
      US
      Hwy 271 North


Pittsburg,
      TX 75686





RE
      - Gold
      Kist Consent Agreement





Mr.
      Cogdill:





Please
      refer to the Fourth Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated November
      18, 2003 (as amended, the " Note
      Purchase Agreement ")
      by and
      among Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (the " Company "),
      John
      Hancock Life Insurance Company, ING Capital LLC and the other Purchasers named
      therein (the " Purchasers ").
      All
      capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meaning
      as
      set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.




As
      discussed, the Company proposes to acquire Gold Kist, Inc. (the " Target ")
      as
      contemplated in this letter (the " Acquisition
      Transaction ").
      The
      Company currently contemplates that the Acquisition Transaction may be effected
      by a merger or other consolidation of the Target with or into Company, a merger
      or other consolidation of one of Company's subsidiaries with or into Target
      or
      by means of a friendly or hostile tender offer pursuant to which Company
      directly or indirectly acquires a majority of the outstanding capital stock
      of
      the Target followed by a merger or consolidation. The consideration therefore
      may be cash or a combination of cash and stock.




The
      Company intends to finance the cash portion of the purchase price for the
      Target, in whole or in part, through the incurrence of borrowed money. Such
      financing may be consummated through an amendment to and the increase of the
      commitments or borrowings under existing credit facilities of the Company,
      the
      issuance or assumption of other senior or subordinated indebtedness or
      otherwise, which financing may be unsecured and/or secured by the assets of
      the
      Company (other than the Collateral) and the Target (the " Acquisition
      Financing ").




In
      order
      to permit the Company to consummate the Acquisition Transaction, the Acquisition
      Financing and the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company is requesting
      the Purchasers to consent and agree to the matters described below. Subject
      to
      the terms and provisions of this letter, the Purchasers hereby:




|1. | Consent
              to the consummation of the Acquisition Transaction and waive any Potential
              Event of Default or Event of Default under Sections 10.7, 10.10 and
              10.12
              of the Note Purchase Agreement that may result
              therefrom.
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|2. | Consent
              to the incurrence or assumption of Debt of Target (or its successor),
              including Debt evidenced by the Senior Notes,Subordinated
              Capital Certificates and term loansand agree that the Company shall not be required to provide any guaranty
              under Section 10.11 of the Note Purchase Agreement or otherwise so
              long as
              the Company has not caused the Company's 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011
              and
              the Company's 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 to be guaranteed
              by the Target (or its successor).
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|3. | Consent
              to the Acquisition Financing, provided that in the event that the Hancock
              Purchasers determine to participate in such Acquisition Financing pursuant
              to the 2006 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
              September 21, 2006 (the "Credit
              Agreement")
              by and between CoBank, ACB, the other parties named therein and the
              Company (the "Acquisition
              Financing Facility"),
              such participation shall be subject to the following additional
              terms:
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|(a) | The
              Hancock Purchasers will be entitled to participate in the Acquisition
              Financing Facility in the aggregate amount of $100 million (the
              "Hancock
              Participation"),
              which participation will be in the form of a Term Loan (as provided
              in the
              Credit Agreement), to be funded in full on the initial Term Loan Advance
              Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The Hancock Participation
              will
              consist of a refinancing of the debt outstanding under the Notes with
              the
              balance in the form of new advances. The entire Hancock Participation
              will
              be at a fixed rate of interest as provided in the Credit Agreement.
              The
              amortization of the Hancock Participation will be as set forth in the
              Credit Agreement.
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|(b) | The
              Company will pay to the Hancock Purchasers the following fees concurrent
              with the initial funding of the Term Loan by the Hancock
              Purchasers:
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|(i) | with
              respect to the 2003 Series A Notes that are subject to the Series A
              Floating Rate, 1% of the then current balance of such Notes; provided,
              however, if for any reason less than $100 million of the Term Loan
              with
              the Hancock Purchasers is not funded on or before March 31, 2007, then
              the
              fee described in this clause (i) shall be increased to 2% of the 2003
              Series A Floating Rate Notes and such additional amount shall be due
              and
              payable on March 31, 2007; and
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|(ii) | with
              respect to the Fixed Rate Notes, a fee (if positive) equal to the
              Make-Whole Premium calculated as of such date, provided that for purposes
              of calculating such Premium the Reinvestment Yield will be determined
              based on the Term Loan fixed rates under the Acquisition Financing
              Facility (the "Acquisition
              Facility Fixed Rate").
              Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Acquisition Facility Fixed Rate
              is
              greater than or equal to 6.68%, the Make-Whole Premium on the Fixed
              Rate
              Notes will be waived.
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|4. | Concurrent
              with the execution of this consent, ING's revolving commitment provided
              in
              Section 2.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement will be terminated, any
              amounts
              outstanding and any accrued commitment fees under such revolving
              commitment will be immediately repaid in full and ING shall not have
              any
              further obligations to make advances
              thereunder.
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|5. | Concurrent
              with the initial funding of the Term Loan by the Hancock Purchasers,
              the
              Note Purchase Agreement will be
              terminated.
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|6. | To
              the extent any Acquisition Financing is issued by an Unrestricted
              Subsidiary (as defined in the indentures related to the Company's 9
              5/8%
              Senior Unsecured Notes due 2011 and Company's 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated
              Notes due 2013), then notwithstanding anything contained in the Note
              Purchase Agreement to the contrary, no default with respect to any
              such
              Acquisition Financing (including any rights that the holders thereof
              may
              have to take enforcement action against the Subsidiary obligated in
              respect of such Acquisition Financing) would constitute a Potential
              Event
              of Default or Event of Default under the Note Purchase Agreement.
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|7. | Current
              Liabilities and Funded Debt shall not include any indebtedness so long
              as
              the trustee or agent in respect of such indebtedness holds cash and
              cash
              equivalents sufficient to repay the principal balance of such
              indebtedness.
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In
      addition, the Company may following the consummation of the Acquisition
      Transaction provide to the Purchasers such updates of the Exhibits and Schedules
      to the Note Purchase Agreement and such amendments
      to the representations, warranties, covenants (including dollar limitations
      and
      thresholds) and increases in dollar cross-default thresholds reasonably
      acceptable to the Purchasers, in each case to take
      into
      account the effect of the Acquisition Transaction. A default or event of default
      with respect to any representation, warranty or covenant in the Note Purchase
      Agreement will not arise with respect to any matter pertaining to the Target
      existing on the date of the consummation of the Acquisition Transaction if
      such
      matter was not a default or event of default with respect to any representation,
      warranty or covenant of Target under Target's credit facility pursuant to the
      Target's credit agreement dated December 16, 2005 and any amendments
      thereto.




This
      consent shall be null and void if the Company has not acquired directly or
      indirectly by March 31, 2007 an aggregate number of shares of capital stock
      of the Target of at least 50% plus one share of the total outstanding capital
      stock of the Target.




The
      Company represents and warrants that no Event of Default or Potential Event
      of
      Default exists as of the date hereof.




The
      Company shall pay on the date hereof all reasonable expenses incurred by the
      Purchasers in connection with the execution and delivery of this consent and
      the
      Credit Agreement, including fees and expenses of Special Counsel.




This
      consent may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so
      executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together
      shall constitute one and the same instrument. This consent shall be effective
      upon its execution by the Company and the Required Holders.







[signature
      pages to follow]




September
          22, 2006
 Page


Please
      indicate your agreement by executing a copy of this letter so indicated below
      and return same to the undersigned.




*  *  *





Very
      yours truly,





PILGRIM'S
      PRIDE CORPORATION








By: /s/
      Richard A. Cogdill


Richard
      A. Cogdill


Chief
      Financial Officer








Accepted
      and Agreed to by:





JOHN
      HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY









By: /s/
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Name:
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Title:
      Managing Director








JOHN
      HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY









By: /s/
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Name:
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Title:
      Authorized Signatory








MANULIFE
      INSURANCE COMPANY




By: /s/
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Name:
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Title:
      Authorized Signatory





ING
      CAPITAL LLC








By: /s/
      William Redmond


Name:
      William B. Redmond


Title:
      Managing Director








JOHN
      HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,


not
      individually but in its capacity as Collateral Agent








By: /s/
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Name:
      Kenneth L. Warlick


Title:
      Authorized Signatory