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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)							1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		37 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 23, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 13, 2020 USD ($) plan	Nov. 12, 2019 claim	Jan. 27, 2017 producer	Oct. 13, 2016 claim	Oct. 16, 2019 claim	Dec. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2021 claim	Jul. 29, 2021 formerEmployee	Oct. 06, 2020 employeeOfOtherCompany	Jun. 03, 2020 formerEmployee
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2022									$ 540,000,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2023									2,800,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2024									2,200,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2025									2,100,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable thereafter									16,400,000
Number of former employees indicted \| formerEmployee												4		2
Number of employees of other companies indicted \| employeeOfOtherCompany													4
In Re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of complaints filed \| claim							3				82
Loss from settlement										$ 75,000,000
Number of other producers named in lawsuits \| producer						4
In Re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, Settlement with End-User Consumer Indirect Purchaser Plaintiff Class
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Fines to be paid	$ 75,500,000
In Re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, Settlement with Commercial and Institutional Indirect Purchaser Plaintiff Class
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Fines to be paid	$ 45,000,000
In Re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, Settlement Opt Outs
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss from settlement									489,300,000
Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc. and Earnest v. Perdue Farms, Inc. et al
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of complaints filed \| claim					4			4
Fines to be paid		$ 29,000,000
Violation of Sherman Antitrust Act
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Fines to be paid			$ 107,900,000	$ 110,500,000
Number of counts \| plan				1
Mexican Tax Authority \| Tax Year 2009 \| Foreign Tax Authority
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss									29,600,000
Mexican Tax Authority \| Tax Year 2010 \| Foreign Tax Authority
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss									$ 17,900,000