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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 28, 2014	Dec. 27, 2014	Dec. 28, 2013	Mar. 29, 2014 business	Sep. 27, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 6,700us-gaap_Goodwill			$ 6,706us-gaap_Goodwill
Hillshire Brands Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price per share of acquired entity's common stock	$ 63.00tsn_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredPerShareofCommonStock / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
Purchase Price	8,081us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
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Goodwill	4,799us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
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Property, Plant, and Equipment	1,303us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
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Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Intangible Assets				$ 27us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember

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