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HOG PRODUCTION COST SAVINGS INITIATIVE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2011
Hog Production Cost Savings Initiative [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the balance of accrued expenses, the current period expense, the cumulative expenses incurred to date and the expected remaining expenses to be incurred related to the Cost Savings Initiative by major type of cost. All of the charges presented have been recorded in cost of sales in the Hog Production segment.
|  | Accrued Balance May 1, 2011 |  | Current Period Expense |  | Payments |  | Accrued Balance July 31, 2011 |  | Cumulative Expense-to-Date |  | Estimated Remaining Expense
|  | (in millions)
Cost savings activities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contract terminations |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 22.3 |  |  | $ | 3.3 |
Other associated costs |  | 1.6 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | (2.3 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | 1.6 |
Total cost savings activities |  | $ | 2.4 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | $ | (2.6 | ) |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | 30.1 |  |  | 4.9 |
Other charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 0.3 |
Impairment |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | — |
Total other charges |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.1 |  |  | 0.3 |
Total cost savings activities and other charges |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 38.2 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -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 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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