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NATURE OF BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
NATURE OF BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Useful lives for property, plant and equipment |
|  | Years
Biological assets |  | 5 - 6
Buildings |  | 10 - 50
Machinery and equipment |  | 7 - 25
Furniture, fixtures and other |  | 3 - 20
Computer software |  | 3 - 10

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