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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 07, 2012
Jan. 31, 2012
Jan. 15, 2015
Equity [Abstract]      
Rights Offering, option to purchase shares of common stock, number of shares   0.2072ppc_RightsOfferingOptionsToPurchaseNumberOfSharesAtSubscriptionPriceForEachSharesOwned  
Rights Offering, option to purchase shares of common stock, subscription price (in dollars per share)   $ 4.50ppc_RightsOfferingSubscriptionPricePerShare  
Rights Offering, number of shares offered   44,444,444ppc_RightsOfferingSharesOffered  
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues 44,444,444us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues    
Rights Offering, gross proceeds from issuance of common stock $ 200,000,000ppc_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockRightsGross    
Rights Offering, issuance costs 1,700,000ppc_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRightsIssuedIssuanceCosts    
Rights Offering, net proceeds from issuance of common stock 198,300,000ppc_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockRightsNet    
Repayment of outstanding principal amount of subordinated debt 50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAnnualPrincipalPayment    
Subsequent Event [Member]      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)     $ 5.77us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Dividends     $ 1,500,000,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStock
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