INVENTORIES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

INVENTORIES

INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

	June 26, 2016		December 27, 2015
	(In thousands)
Live chicken and hens	$	390,535	$	365,062
Feed, eggs and other	232,103		215,859
Finished chicken products	195,541		191,988
Total chicken inventories	818,179		772,909
Commercial feed and other	14,386		28,448
Total inventories	$	832,565	$	801,357