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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill Balances Attributable To Consolidated Businesses And Investments In Affiliates, By Segment |
| December 31, 2015 | December 31, 2014
| (In millions)
Agricultural Services | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 48 |
Corn Processing | 225 |  |  | 94 |
Oilseeds Processing | 94 |  |  | 130 |
Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients | 1,808 |  |  | 1,728 |
Other | 10 |  |  | 10 |
Total | $ | 2,185 |  |  | $ | 2,010 |
Schedule of other intangible assets |
|  |  | December 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| Useful |  | Gross |  | Accumulated |  |  |  | Gross |  | Accumulated |  |
| Life |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Net |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Net
| (In years) |  | (In millions)
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks/brands |  |  | $ | 227 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 227 |  |  | $ | 267 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 267 |
Other |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Intangible assets with definite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks/brands | 20 |  | 25 |  |  | (6 | ) |  | 19 |  |  | 25 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 20 |
Customer lists | 3 to 20 |  | 826 |  |  | (83 | ) |  | 743 |  |  | 663 |  |  | (32 | ) |  | 631 |
Patents | 15 to 20 |  | 44 |  |  | (30 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | 44 |  |  | (29 | ) |  | 15 |
Computer software | 3 to 8 |  | 230 |  |  | (128 | ) |  | 102 |  |  | 213 |  |  | (102 | ) |  | 111 |
Land rights | 8 to 47 |  | 137 |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 129 |  |  | 23 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 16 |
Recipes and other | 2 to 15 |  | 459 |  |  | (191 | ) |  | 268 |  |  | 343 |  |  | (22 | ) |  | 321 |
Total |  |  | $ | 1,949 |  |  | $ | (446 | ) |  | $ | 1,503 |  |  | $ | 1,579 |  |  | $ | (197 | ) |  | $ | 1,382 |

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