DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Additional Information (Details) bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 employee bird / WK state grower country lb
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of countries in which entity exports products | country	100
Number of states in which entity operates | state	14
Number of employees | employee	52,600
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK	45.4
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than) | lb	12.9
Number of contract growers | grower	5,000
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company	78.40%