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Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates (Details)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 28, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2010
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2016
USD ($)
item
MW
Jul. 02, 2016
USD ($)
Apr. 02, 2016
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Jul. 04, 2015
USD ($)
MW
Oct. 01, 2011
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2016
USD ($)
project
item
MW
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
$ / shares
Oct. 28, 2016
Oct. 27, 2016
USD ($)
Jan. 30, 2016
May 30, 2015
USD ($)
May 31, 2013
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Pay-in-kind interest and accretion on notes receivable from affiliates                     $ 3 $ 17 $ 16          
Investments in and advances to affiliates         $ 773     $ 671     773 671            
Notes receivable from affiliates         26     200     26 200            
Income tax expense                     70 69 168          
Proceeds from the sale of controlling interest in a subsidiary                         74          
Gain on sale of controlling interest in subsidiary                         66          
Income from affiliates                     81 70 37          
Foreign currency translation adjustment                     (26) (34) (39)          
Receivables due from affiliates         $ 110     86     $ 110 86            
Pork                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership 50.00% 50.00%     50.00%           50.00%              
Investments in and advances to affiliates         $ 175     115     $ 175 115            
Income from affiliates                     11 11 4          
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Net sales                     319 295 71          
Net income                     22 22 7          
Total assets         364     247     364 247 175          
Total liabilities         14     17     14 17 15          
Total equity         350     230     350 230 160          
Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Investments in and advances to affiliates         207     218     207 218            
Income from affiliates                     (10) (50) (24)          
Excess of carrying value of investment in affiliates over entity's share of affiliates' book value         22           22              
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Net sales                     2,871 2,321 2,223          
Net income                     (6) (52) (20)          
Total assets         1,201     1,265     1,201 1,265 1,132          
Total liabilities         734     809     734 809 732          
Total equity         467     456     467 456 400          
Marine                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Investments in and advances to affiliates         33     19     33 19            
Income from affiliates                     1 2            
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Net sales                     47 38            
Net income                     7 11            
Total assets         277     148     277 148 119          
Total liabilities         109     30     109 30 36          
Total equity         168     118     $ 168 118 83          
Time lag for reporting financial information                     3 months              
Sugar                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Investments in and advances to affiliates         4     3     $ 4 3            
Income from affiliates                     2 1 1          
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Net sales                     10 9 9          
Net income                     3 2 2          
Total assets         10     9     10 9 8          
Total liabilities         2     2     2 2 2          
Total equity         8     7     8 7 6          
Turkey                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Investments in and advances to affiliates         324     282     324 282            
Income from affiliates                     73 103 54          
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Net sales                     1,813 1,902 1,833          
Net income                     139 195 104          
Total assets         1,154     1,087     1,154 1,087 1,021          
Total liabilities         529     541     529 541 547          
Total equity         625     546     625 546 474          
Power                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Investments in and advances to affiliates         30     34     30 34            
Income from affiliates                     4 3 2          
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Net sales                     146 141 50          
Net income                     14 12 9          
Total assets         261     327     261 327 328          
Total liabilities         175     219     175 219 230          
Total equity         $ 86     108     $ 86 108 98          
Minimum                                    
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Time lag for reporting financial information                     1 month              
Maximum                                    
Combined condensed financial information of the non-controlled, non-consolidated affiliates                                    
Time lag for reporting financial information                     3 months              
Triumph | Pork                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership interest sold 50.00% 50.00%                                
Triumph | Pork | Divestiture of a 50% interest in Daily's                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Gain on sale of controlling interest in subsidiary, net of tax                         40          
Haiti | Marine                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         36.00%           36.00%              
Number of businesses | project                     2              
Investments in and advances to affiliates             $ 7                      
Notes receivable from affiliates             8                      
Dominican Republic | Power                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Number of businesses | item                     2              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Botswana | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         49.00%           49.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Democratic Republic of Congo | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Gambia | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Kenya | Minimum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         35.00%           35.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Kenya | Maximum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         49.00%           49.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Lesotho | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Nigeria | Minimum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         16.20%           16.20%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Nigeria | Maximum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         48.33%           48.33%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | South Africa | Minimum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         30.00%           30.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | South Africa | Maximum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Turkey | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         25.00%           25.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Zambia | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Colombia | Minimum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         40.00%           40.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Colombia | Maximum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         42.00%           42.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Ecuador | Minimum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         25.00%           25.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Ecuador | Maximum | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Guyana | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Haiti | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         33.33%           33.33%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Australia | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         25.00%           25.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Peru | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Uruguay | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         45.00%           45.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Jamaica | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | Canada | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         45.00%           45.00%              
Businesses conducting flour, maize and feed milling and poultry production and processing | United States | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         34.36%           34.36%              
Bakery business | Commodity Trading and Milling | Notes receivable                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Reserve on receivables from affiliates         $ 5 $ 11                        
Bakery business | Democratic Republic of Congo | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Investments in and advances to affiliates                         0          
Notes receivable from affiliates         $ 19     35     $ 19 35            
Income tax expense                     $ 0              
Percentage of note receivable guaranteed by the other shareholder         50.00%           50.00%              
Tax benefit on impairment of equity investments                         0          
Bakery business | Democratic Republic of Congo | Commodity Trading and Milling | Notes receivable                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Reserve on receivables from affiliates                     $ 16   11          
Cargo terminal business | Jamaica | Marine                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         21.00%           21.00%              
Investments in and advances to affiliates $ 17 $ 17                                
Sugar related businesses | Argentina | Sugar                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Number of businesses | item                     2              
Sugar related business one | Argentina | Sugar                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         46.00%           46.00%              
Sugar related business two | Argentina | Sugar                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Butterball, LLC                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Investee's intangible assets for trade name         $ 111           $ 111              
Investee's intangible assets for goodwill         74           $ 74              
Percentage of the Butterball's earnings recorded as income from affiliates in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (as a percent)                     52.50%              
Butterball, LLC | Subordinated loan                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Loan provided to affiliate       $ 100                            
Maturity period of unsecured subordinated loan provided       7 years                            
Interest rate on loan provided (as a percent)       15.00%                       10.00%    
Interest rate on loan provided, portion payable in cash (as a percent)       5.00%                            
Interest rate on loan provided, portion pay-in-kind (as a percent)       10.00%                            
Notes receivable from affiliates       $ 89 $ 161     158     $ 161 158            
Butterball, LLC | Detachable warrants                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Additional equity interest that can be acquired upon exercise of warrants (as a percent)         5.00%           5.00%              
Economic interest (as a percent)         52.50%           52.50%              
Notes receivable from affiliates       $ 11                            
Butterball, LLC | Term loan                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Loan provided to affiliate                   $ 13                
Interest rate on loan provided (as a percent)         12.00%           12.00%              
Notes receivable from affiliates         $ 8     8     $ 8 8            
Belarina | Brazil                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Investment in business, advances and long-term note receivable               0       0            
Gross receivable due from affiliate               $ 17       17            
Reserve on receivables from affiliates                       9            
Belarina | Brazil | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership     50.00%                              
Voting equity ownership percentage                           98.00%        
Investment in equity and long-term advances                     14 29 5          
Investments in and advances to affiliates                             $ 63      
Income from affiliates                     (10) (60) (8)          
Foreign currency translation adjustment                     (4) $ 5 (1)          
Belarina | Brazil | Term loan | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Loan provided to affiliate     $ 13                              
Flour milling business | Botswana                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership               49.00%       49.00%            
Amount invested under equity method                       $ 8            
Seaboard Triumph Foods | Pork                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership                                   50.00%
Commitment to contribute to joint venture             $ 150                   $ 207  
Amount invested under equity method                     51 $ 26            
Expected contribution in next fiscal year         73           73              
Commodity trading business | Georgia                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership               40.00%       40.00%            
Amount invested under equity method               $ 13                    
Oilseed crushing business | Turkey                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership               25.00%       25.00%            
Amount invested under equity method                       $ 10            
Commodity trading and flour milling business | Uruguay                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership               45.00%       45.00%            
Amount invested under equity method                       $ 10            
Pork processing facility | Pork                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership             50.00%                      
Expected contribution in next fiscal year         $ 73           $ 73              
Pork processing facility | Maximum | Pork                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Commitment to contribute to joint venture             $ 150                      
Daily's | Pork                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Number of processing units | item         3           3              
Peruvian affiliate | Commodity Trading and Milling                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Loan provided to affiliate             $ 12                      
Electricity generating facility | Dominican Republic                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Amount invested under equity method                 $ 10                  
Capacity of power facility (in megawatts) | MW                 300                  
Electricity generating facility | Dominican Republic | Power                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         29.90%       29.90%   29.90%              
Amount invested under equity method                 $ 10                  
Capacity of power facility (in megawatts) | MW         300       300   300              
Electricity generating facility | Dominican Republic | Maximum | Power                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership interest accounted as cost method investment                 20.00%                  
Energy related business one | Dominican Republic | Power                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         45.00%           45.00%              
Energy related business two | Dominican Republic | Power                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership         50.00%           50.00%              
Disposed of by Sale | Divestiture of a 50% interest in Daily's                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Proceeds from the sale of controlling interest in a subsidiary 74                                  
Gain on sale of controlling interest in subsidiary 66                                  
Decrease (increase) in investments in and advances to affiliates 74                                  
Disposed of by Sale | Pork | Divestiture of a 50% interest in Daily's                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Excess of fair value over book value on sale   33                                
Fair value of investment 74 74                                
Additional investment or capital contribution   2                                
Beginning total investment in affiliate $ 76 $ 76                                
Disposed of by Sale | Triumph | Pork | Divestiture of a 50% interest in Daily's                                    
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates and Notes Receivable from Affiliates                                    
Percentage of ownership interest sold 50.00% 50.00%                                
Proceeds from the sale of controlling interest in a subsidiary   $ 74                                
Gain on sale of controlling interest in subsidiary                         $ 66          
Gain on sale of controlling interest in subsidiary, net of tax (in dollars per share) | $ / shares                         $ 34.14