INVENTORIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2011

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories consist of the following:

	October 30, 2011		May 1, 2011
	(in millions)
Livestock	$	1,007.2	$	963.9
Fresh and packaged meats	1,013.3		854.1
Grains	125.1		89.8
Manufacturing supplies	64.6		60.0
Other	52.5		52.1
Total inventories	$	2,262.7	$	2,019.9