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LEASE OBLIGATIONS, COMMITMENTS AND GUARANTEES Lease Obligations, Commitments and Guarantees (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2012
LEASE OBLIGATIONS, COMMITMENTS AND GUARANTEES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block] | Future rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases as of April 29, 2012 are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions)
2013 |  | $ | 41.5 |
2014 |  | 29.4 |
2015 |  | 22.7 |
2016 |  | 17.6 |
2017 |  | 14.2 |
Thereafter |  | 43.6 |
Total |  | $ | 169.0 |
Schedule of Future Hog Procurement and Contract Hog Growers Obligations [Table Text Block] | We have purchase commitments with certain livestock producers that obligate us to purchase all the livestock that these producers deliver. Other arrangements obligate us to purchase a fixed amount of livestock. We also use independent farmers and their facilities to raise hogs produced from our breeding stock in exchange for a performance-based service fee payable upon delivery. We estimate the future obligations under these commitments based on available commodity livestock futures prices and internal projections about future hog prices, expected quantities delivered and anticipated performance. Our estimated future obligations under these commitments are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions)
2013 |  | $ | 1,814.7 |
2014 |  | 1,194.0 |
2015 |  | 1,126.2 |
2016 |  | 892.6 |
2017 |  | 878.8 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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