DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Number of Countries in Which Entity Exports Products	100
Number of States in which Entity Operates	12
Number Of Employees Entity	37,500
Maximum Processing Capacity Of Employees Per Week	36,000,000
Maximum Annual Processing Capacity Of Employees	9,500,000,000
Number Of Contract Growers	3,900
Percentage Of Beneficial Ownership By Holding Company	75.50%

Represents the maximum capacity in pounds of birds annually processed by the employees of entity.

No definition available.

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Maximum number of birds produced in a week by the employees as per processing capacity of the entity.

No definition available.

Name:	ppc_MaximumProcessingCapacityOfEmployeesPerWeek
Namespace Prefix:	ppc_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
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Represents the number of contract growers who supply poultry for the operations.

No definition available.

Name:	ppc_NumberOfContractGrowers
Namespace Prefix:	ppc_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

The number of countries the entity exports products as of the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

Name:	ppc_NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityExportsProducts
Namespace Prefix:	ppc_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

Number of persons employed by the Entity.

No definition available.

Name:	ppc_NumberOfEmployeesEntity
Namespace Prefix:	ppc_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company.

No definition available.

Name:	ppc_PercentageOfBeneficialOwnershipByHoldingCompany
Namespace Prefix:	ppc_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

Name:	us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant