April 15, 2016

Ms. Melissa Raminpour

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Tyson Foods Inc.

Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2015

Filed November 23, 2015

File No. 001-14704

Dear Ms. Raminpour:

As discussed with the SEC Staff via a phone call yesterday, we respectfully request an additional week to finalize our response to your letter dated April 1, 2016. We expect to finalize our response on or before April 22, 2016. Please telephone me (479-290-4194) or either of my colleagues, Curt T. Calaway, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (479-290-5576), or R. Read Hudson, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary (479-290-7023), with questions or comments.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Dennis Leatherby

Dennis Leatherby

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

cc:	Mr. Curt T. Calaway, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
	Mr. R. Read Hudson, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary
	Audit Committee Chair, Board of Directors
	Ms. Heather Clark, Division of Corporation Finance