BUSINESS ACQUISITION (Narrative) (Details) bird / WK in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2015 USD ($) employee bird / WK trade_name distribution_center plant	Jun. 26, 2016 USD ($) employee bird / WK	Jun. 26, 2016 USD ($) employee bird / WK
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK		37.0	37.0
Number of employees of acquiree | employee		37,700	37,700
Tyson Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity acquired	100.00%
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK	2.5
Number of processing plants acquired | plant	3
Number of employees of acquiree | employee	4,500
Number of distribution centers acquired | distribution_center	7
Transaction costs	$ 2.2
Net sales of acquiree since acquisition date		$ 15.2	$ 118.1
Net loss of acquiree since acquisition date		$ 0.2	$ 0.4
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, number of trade names valued using the income approach | trade_name	2
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, royalty rate saved used in determination of fair value	1.40%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, net sales growth rate used in determination of fair value, terminal year	3.80%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, income tax rate used in determination of fair value	30.00%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, income tax amortization benefit rate used in determination of fair value	15.00%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, discount rate used in determination of fair value	12.00%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, fair value	$ 9.7
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, royalty rates used in determination of fair value	4.00%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, net sales growth rate used in determination of fair value	3.50%
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, royalty rates used in determination of fair value	5.00%
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, net sales growth rate used in determination of fair value	4.00%
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, net sales growth rate	4.00%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, customer attrition rate	7.90%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, income tax rate	30.00%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, income tax amortization benefit rate	23.40%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, discount rate	13.50%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, fair value	$ 16.7