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REPORTING SEGMENTS Narrative (Details)	8 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2013 Hog Production Segment hogs sows	Jan. 29, 2012 Turkey Operations, Including Investment in Butterball, LLC Butterball, LLC Other Segment
Breeding Sows, Number	894,000
Market Hogs, Number	16,200,000
Production of Live Hog Requirements, Percent	53.00%
Sale of Stock, Percentage of Ownership before Transaction		49.00%

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Percentage of toal Pork segment's hog requirement provided.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company before stock transaction.

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