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Disclosures About Fair Value (Details) Notional Amounts of Derivatives
Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Agricultural Commodities | Exchange Traded | Short    
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]    
Notional amount of nonmonetary derivative 99,268,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1] 23,038,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1]
Agricultural Commodities | Exchange Traded | Long    
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]    
Notional amount of nonmonetary derivative 85,602,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1] 34,380,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1]
Natural Gas (in million metric British Thermal Units) | Exchange Traded | Long    
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]    
Notional amount of nonmonetary derivative 690,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1],[2] 460,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1],[2]
Forwards | Non-exchange Traded | Short    
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]    
Notional amount of nonmonetary derivative 126,615,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1] 132,428,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1]
Forwards | Non-exchange Traded | Long    
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]    
Notional amount of nonmonetary derivative 29,666,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1] 30,367,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1]
Swaps | Non-exchange Traded | Long    
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]    
Notional amount of nonmonetary derivative   75,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
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[1]
[1] Exchange and non-exchange traded futures, forwards, and swaps are presented on a gross (short) and long position basis.
[2] Million Metric British Thermal Units.