DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Additional Information) (Details) bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 employee bird / WK state grower country lb	Sep. 08, 2017 bird / WK
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of countries in which entity exports products | country	100
Number of states in which entity operates | state	14
Number of employees | employee	51,300
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK	45.3
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than) | lb	13.1
Number of contract growers | grower	5,200
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company	78.50%
Moy Park
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of employees | employee	10,400
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK		6.1
Percentage of equity acquired		100.00%