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MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS Kansas City Sausage (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2013	Dec. 28, 2014	Sep. 27, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets		$ 10,138.5us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities		5,187.3us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities
Goodwill		1,631.5us-gaap_Goodwill	1,622.5us-gaap_Goodwill
Noncontrolling interests		48.2us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionOfLessThan100PercentNoncontrollingInterestFairValue
Kansas City Sausage [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	50.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	36.0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Business Acquisiton, Advance to Seller	10.0sfd_BusinessAcquisitonAdvanceToSeller / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Business Acqusition, Revolving Loan with Acquisition	20.0sfd_BusinessAcqusitionRevolvingLoanWithAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Business Acquisition, Revenue Reported by Acquired Entity for Last Annual Period		300.0us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionRevenueReportedByAcquiredEntityForLastAnnualPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	39.2us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities	10.7us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Goodwill	43.5us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Noncontrolling interests	36.0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionOfLessThan100PercentNoncontrollingInterestFairValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Fair Value	$ 45.0us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityFairValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = sfd_KansasCitySausageMember

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