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        <footnote id="F1">On June 23, 2006, the Tyson Limited Partnership (the ''Partnership'') converted 3,178,900 shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis for no cost; accordingly, there was no applicable purchase or sale.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This transaction has also been included in a report on Form 4 filed by the Partnership on the same date as this filing. The Partnership completed the reported transactions and the reporting person, who has approximately a 54% combined interest as a general and limited partner in the Partnership, must report his pro rata interest in such transactions on this filing even though the Partnership has also included such transactions as part of its Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents shares purchased from 06-01-06 through 06-30-06 for the reporting person's account in the Tyson Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan which transactions are exempt under Section 16(b)(3).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">In connection with the settlement of the Contract (as defined below), TLP Investment, L.P. (the &quot;Counterparty&quot;) converted 1,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock subject to the Contract to Class A Common Stock (on a one for one basis) in order to settle the Contract in Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Contract; accordingly, there was no applicable purchase or sale relating to such conversion.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">On November 19, 2004, the Counterparty (the Counterparty is a limited partnership for which the Partnership directly or indirectly holds all the beneficial outstanding interest) entered into a pre-paid variable equity forward contract (the &quot;Contract&quot;) with an unaffiliated third party buyer (the &quot;Buyer&quot;) pursuant to which the Counterparty pledged 1,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) and agreed to settle the Contract with either a payment of cash or the delivery of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock (or Class B Common Stock immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock).  The Counterparty chose to settle the Contract through the delivery of shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Under the terms of the Contract, the Counterparty agreed to deliver a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Class B Common Stock immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock) on the expiration date of the Contract as follows:  (i) if the Final Price is less than the Floor Price, then 1,000,000 shares; (ii) if the Final Price is less than or equal to the Cap Price, but greater than or equal to the Floor Price, then a number of shares equal to 1,000,000 times the Floor Price divided by the Final Price; (iii) if the Final Price is greater than the Cap Price, then a number of shares equal to 1,000,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Floor Price and the difference between the Final Price and the Cap Price, and the denominator of which is the Final Price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The Contract had a Floor Price equal to $16.6385/share and a Cap Price equal to $19.9662/share, each based on an average market price of the Company's Class A Common Stock of $16.6385/share over a four trading day period ending on November 19, 2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">On the expiration date the Final Price was $14.47633 (based on the average closing price for the Company's Class A Common Stock over a five day period ending on July 25, 2006) which was less than the Floor Price, resulting in the Counterparty delivering all 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock to the Buyer.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ R. Read Hudson, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-07-27</signatureDate>
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TSN
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SPRINGDALE
AR
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By TLP Investment, L.P.
On June 23, 2006, the Tyson Limited Partnership (the ''Partnership'') converted 3,178,900 shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis for no cost; accordingly, there was no applicable purchase or sale.
This transaction has also been included in a report on Form 4 filed by the Partnership on the same date as this filing. The Partnership completed the reported transactions and the reporting person, who has approximately a 54% combined interest as a general and limited partner in the Partnership, must report his pro rata interest in such transactions on this filing even though the Partnership has also included such transactions as part of its Form 4.
Represents shares purchased from 06-01-06 through 06-30-06 for the reporting person's account in the Tyson Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan which transactions are exempt under Section 16(b)(3).
In connection with the settlement of the Contract (as defined below), TLP Investment, L.P. (the "Counterparty") converted 1,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock subject to the Contract to Class A Common Stock (on a one for one basis) in order to settle the Contract in Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Contract; accordingly, there was no applicable purchase or sale relating to such conversion.
On November 19, 2004, the Counterparty (the Counterparty is a limited partnership for which the Partnership directly or indirectly holds all the beneficial outstanding interest) entered into a pre-paid variable equity forward contract (the "Contract") with an unaffiliated third party buyer (the "Buyer") pursuant to which the Counterparty pledged 1,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the "Company") and agreed to settle the Contract with either a payment of cash or the delivery of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock (or Class B Common Stock immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock).  The Counterparty chose to settle the Contract through the delivery of shares.
Under the terms of the Contract, the Counterparty agreed to deliver a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Class B Common Stock immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock) on the expiration date of the Contract as follows:  (i) if the Final Price is less than the Floor Price, then 1,000,000 shares; (ii) if the Final Price is less than or equal to the Cap Price, but greater than or equal to the Floor Price, then a number of shares equal to 1,000,000 times the Floor Price divided by the Final Price; (iii) if the Final Price is greater than the Cap Price, then a number of shares equal to 1,000,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Floor Price and the difference between the Final Price and the Cap Price, and the denominator of which is the Final Price.
The Contract had a Floor Price equal to $16.6385/share and a Cap Price equal to $19.9662/share, each based on an average market price of the Company's Class A Common Stock of $16.6385/share over a four trading day period ending on November 19, 2004.
On the expiration date the Final Price was $14.47633 (based on the average closing price for the Company's Class A Common Stock over a five day period ending on July 25, 2006) which was less than the Floor Price, resulting in the Counterparty delivering all 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock to the Buyer.
By: /s/ R. Read Hudson, Power of Attorney
2006-07-27