EXHIBIT 23.2

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the Sanderson Farms Inc. and Affiliates Stock Incentive
Plan of our report dated  December 23,  2004,  with respect to the  consolidated
financial  statements  and schedule of  Sanderson  Farms,  Inc.  included in its
Annual  Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  October 31, 2004,  filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
February 23, 2005