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Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Accrued Expenses And Other Payables [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | Note 6. Accrued Expenses and Other Payables The following table sets forth the items in accrued expenses and other payables:
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | June 30, 2012
|  |  | (In millions)
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts |  | $ | 2,902 |  | $ | 2,995
Grain accounts and margin deposits |  |  | 4,762 |  |  | 4,166
Other accruals and payables |  |  | 2,278 |  |  | 1,206
|  | $ | 9,942 |  | $ | 8,367

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