INVENTORIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

	March 27, 2016		December 27, 2015
	(In thousands)
Live chicken and hens	$	370,161	$	365,062
Feed, eggs and other	217,571		215,859
Finished chicken products	181,983		191,988
Total chicken inventories	769,715		772,909
Commercial feed and other	8,813		28,448
Total inventories	$	778,528	$	801,357