REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregated Revenue

Revenue has been disaggregated into the categories below to show how economic factors affect the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows:

	Three Months Ended June 27, 2021
	(In thousands)
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other		Total
U.S. chicken	$	1,807,640	$	207,309	$	115,844	$	117,676	$	2,248,469
U.K. and Europe chicken	218,002		245,397		76,167		22,126		561,692
Mexico chicken	402,295		29,738		—		21,350		453,383
Total chicken	2,427,937		482,444		192,011		161,152		3,263,544
U.K. and Europe pork	61,966		280,372		18,646		13,170		374,154
Total net sales	$	2,489,903	$	762,816	$	210,657	$	174,322	$	3,637,698

	Three Months Ended June 28, 2020
	(In thousands)
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other		Total
U.S. chicken	$	1,452,519	$	156,268	$	97,470	$	92,432	1,798,689
U.K. and Europe chicken	224,554		137,573		42,761		16,083		420,971
Mexico chicken	236,690		18,514		—		12,929		268,133
Total chicken	1,913,763		312,355		140,231		121,444		2,487,793
U.K. and Europe pork	168,315		138,907		16,093		12,915		336,230
Total net sales	$	2,082,078	$	451,262	$	156,324	$	134,359	$	2,824,023

	Six Months Ended June 27, 2021
	(In thousands)
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other		Total
U.S. chicken	$	3,405,063	$	401,581	$	229,815	$	211,570	$	4,248,029
U.K. and Europe chicken	428,448		461,709		139,717		33,728		1,063,602
Mexico chicken	775,016		57,143		—		40,356		872,515
Total chicken	4,608,527		920,433		369,532		285,654		6,184,146
U.K. and Europe pork	238,407		440,180		34,477		13,913		726,977
Total net sales	$	4,846,934	$	1,360,613	$	404,009	$	299,567	$	6,911,123

	Six Months Ended June 28, 2020
	(In thousands)
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other		Total
U.S. chicken	$	2,994,159	$	372,355	$	156,323	$	202,731	$	3,725,568
U.K. and Europe chicken	456,507		331,978		101,873		31,786		922,144
Mexico chicken	529,602		43,485		—		20,832		593,919
Total chicken	3,980,268		747,818		258,196		255,349		5,241,631
U.K. and Europe pork	332,997		256,537		34,144		33,642		657,320
Total net sales	$	4,313,265	$	1,004,355	$	292,340	$	288,991	$	5,898,951

Contract Balances

Changes in the revenue contract liabilities balance are as follows:

	June 27, 2021
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	65,918
Revenue recognized	(54,875)
Cash received, excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period	25,232
Balance, end of period	$	36,275