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Number of shares issued which are neither cancelled nor held in the treasury.

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	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2019 USD ($) shares	Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Donald J. Tyson Revocable Trust, Berry Street Waste Water Treatment Plant, LP, and the sisters of Mr. Tyson [Member]
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Donald J. Tyson Revocable Trust, Berry Street Waste Water Treatment Plant, LP, and the sisters of Mr. Tyson [Member] \| Water Plant [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party		$ 1.0	$ 1.0	$ 1.0
Related Party Transaction, Number of Operating Leases		2
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage		90.00%
Tyson Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction		$ 0.3
Tyson Limited Partnership [Member] \| Class B [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage		99.985%
Related Party Ownership of Shares Outstanding \| shares		70.0
Tyson Limited Partnership And Tyson Family [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Voting Rights Percentage		70.97%
Tyson Limited Partnership And Tyson Family [Member] \| Class A [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage		2.15%
Related Party Ownership of Shares Outstanding \| shares		6.3
Donald Smith and John Randal Tyson [Member] \| Buchan, Ltd [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 5.0
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	17.50%
Due from Joint Ventures, Current			$ 9.0