INVENTORIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2013		December 30, 2012
	(In thousands)
Live chicken and hens	$	422,326	$	405,335
Feed, eggs and other		303,705		307,500
Finished chicken products		246,047		237,159
Total chicken inventories		972,078		949,994
Commercial feed and other		280		302
Total inventories	$	972,358	$	950,296