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Other Current Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Other Assets [Abstract] |
Other Current Assets | Other Current Assets The following table sets forth the items in other current assets:
| September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (In millions)
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts | $ | 1,531 |  |  | $ | 969 |
Deferred receivables consideration | 695 |  |  | 757 |
Customer omnibus receivable | 1,489 |  |  | 1,298 |
Financing receivables - net (1) | 371 |  |  | 576 |
Other current assets | 2,760 |  |  | 2,750 |
| $ | 6,846 |  |  | $ | 6,350 |
(1) The Company provides financing to certain suppliers, primarily Brazilian farmers, to finance a portion of the suppliers’ production costs. The amounts are reported net of allowances of $12 million and $15 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Changes in the allowance for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 included an increase of $2 million for additional bad debt provisions and a reduction in the allowance for adjustments of $5 million. Interest earned on financing receivables of $5 million and $17 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $4 million and $18 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, is included in interest income in the consolidated statements of earnings.

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