Represents the one-time Federal blender's credits recognized as revenue.

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Represents the percentage of ownership interest sold by the entity.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Segment Information - Pork Segment (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Segment Information - Pork Segment (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 segment	Sep. 27, 2014
Segment Information
Number of reportable segments \| segment				6
Segment Information
One-time Federal blender's credits recognized as revenue	$ 17	$ 15	$ 11
Pork
Segment Information
Percentage of ownership interest accounted as equity method investment	50.00%			50.00%	50.00%
One-time Federal blender's credits recognized as revenue	$ 17	$ 15	$ 11
Pork \| Triumph
Segment Information
Percentage of ownership interest sold					50.00%