Gold Kist Inc. to Participate in a Roundtable Discussion at National Chicken Council Annual Conference

  
    
  
  
    
      Gold Kist Inc. (NASDAQ:GKIS) today announced that John Bekkers, 
      president and chief executive officer, will participate along with other 
      industry leaders in a roundtable discussion and take questions from 
      industry analysts at the National Chicken Council Annual Conference on 
      Thursday, October 5, in Washington. The sessions will be webcast live 
      from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. EDT.
    
    
      Each participant will make a brief presentation and then participate in 
      a panel discussion. The topics for discussion include global 
      competition, chicken consumption, immigration reform, avian influenza 
      and the competition for corn as ethanol use increases.
    
    
      Asking questions of the panel will be Farha Aslam, vice president of 
      equity research for Stephens, Inc., and Michael Piken, research 
      associate at Cleveland Research Company. Moderating the discussion will 
      be Mark Hickman, president and chief executive officer of Peco Foods of 
      Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the incoming chairman of the National Chicken 
      Council.
    
    
      The following web address is the link to this event:
    
    
      http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=W203837& 
      item_id=1397045 
    
    
      (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your 
      Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
    
    
      About Gold Kist
    
    
      Gold Kist is the third largest chicken company in the United States, 
      accounting for more than 9 percent of chicken produced in the United 
      States in 2005. Gold Kist operates a fully-integrated chicken production 
      business that includes live production, processing, marketing and 
      distribution. Gold Kist’s operations include 
      nine divisions located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and 
      South Carolina. For more information, visit the Company’s 
      Web site at http://www.goldkist.com.
    
  
Gold Kist Inc. (NASDAQ:GKIS) today announced that John Bekkers,
president and chief executive officer, will participate along with
other industry leaders in a roundtable discussion and take questions
from industry analysts at the National Chicken Council Annual
Conference on Thursday, October 5, in Washington. The sessions will be
webcast live from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. EDT.

   Each participant will make a brief presentation and then
participate in a panel discussion. The topics for discussion include
global competition, chicken consumption, immigration reform, avian
influenza and the competition for corn as ethanol use increases.

   Asking questions of the panel will be Farha Aslam, vice president
of equity research for Stephens, Inc., and Michael Piken, research
associate at Cleveland Research Company. Moderating the discussion
will be Mark Hickman, president and chief executive officer of Peco
Foods of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the incoming chairman of the
National Chicken Council.

   The following web address is the link to this event:

   http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=W203837&
item_id=1397045

   (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into
your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one
exists.)

   About Gold Kist

   Gold Kist is the third largest chicken company in the United
States, accounting for more than 9 percent of chicken produced in the
United States in 2005. Gold Kist operates a fully-integrated chicken
production business that includes live production, processing,
marketing and distribution. Gold Kist's operations include nine
divisions located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at
http://www.goldkist.com.