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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block] | Information regarding the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments and cash collateral posted with (owed to) brokers is included in the following table:
| March 31, 2013 |  | December 30, 2012
| (Fair values in thousands)
Fair values: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commodity derivative assets | $ | 5,077 |  |  | $ | 1,821 |
Commodity derivative liabilities |  | (2,778 | ) |  |  | (1,530 | )
Cash collateral posted with (owed to) brokers |  | (1,501 | ) |  |  | (166 | )
Foreign currency derivative liabilities |  | (42 | ) |  |  | — |
Derivatives coverage(a): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corn |  | (0.3 | )% |  |  | — | %
Soybean meal |  | 0.5 | % |  |  | — | %
Period through which stated percent of needs are covered: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corn |  | March 2014 |  |  | December 2013
Soybean meal |  | December 2013 |  |  | December 2013
Written put options outstanding(b): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value | $ | (953 | ) |  | $ | — |
Number of contracts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corn |  | 500 |  |  |  | — |
Expiration dates |  | May 2013 |  |  | N/A |
Short positions on outstanding futures instruments(b): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value | $ | 4,909 |  |  | $ | 1,464 |
Number of contracts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corn |  | 1,469 |  |  |  | 584 |
Soybean meal |  | 895 |  |  |  | 269 |
(a) |  | Derivatives coverage is the percent of anticipated commodity needs covered by outstanding derivative instruments through a specified date.
(b) |  | A written put option is an option that the Company has sold that grants the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset at a certain price for a specified period of time. When the Company takes a short position on a futures derivative instrument, it agrees to sell the underlying asset in the future at a price established on the contract date. The Company writes put options and takes short positions on futures derivative instruments to minimize the impact of feed ingredients price volatility on its operating results.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the location and fair value amounts of derivative instruments (and nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments) reported in the statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 133 -Paragraph 205G -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5624163-113959 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 133 -Paragraph 44C -Subparagraph a -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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