INVENTORIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2012

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories consist of the following:

	January 29, 2012		May 1, 2011
	(in millions)
Livestock	$	978.5	$	963.9
Fresh and packaged meats	913.6		854.1
Grains	115.4		89.8
Manufacturing supplies	63.5		60.0
Other	50.7		52.1
Total inventories	$	2,121.7	$	2,019.9