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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Additional Information (Details) bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019 employee bird / WK state grower country lb
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Number of countries in which entity exports products | country | 100
Number of states in which entity operates | state | 14
Number of employees | employee | 52,600
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK | 45.4
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than) | lb | 12.9
Number of contract growers | grower | 5,000
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company | 78.40%

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