INVENTORIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2012

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories consist of the following:

	July 29, 2012		April 29, 2012
	(in millions)
Livestock	$	1,015.4	$	962.8
Fresh and packaged meats	924.2		912.1
Grains	107.9		90.4
Manufacturing supplies	53.3		59.1
Other	51.9		48.0
Total inventories	$	2,152.7	$	2,072.4