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INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Financial information for joint ventures | Summarized combined financial information for our equity method investments on a 100% basis is as follows:
| 2015
Net Sales: |
Ardent Mills | $ | 3,299.2 |
Potato joint ventures | 885.4 |
Others | 167.3 |
Total net sales | $ | 4,351.9 |
Gross margin | 553.7 |
Earnings after income taxes | $ | 279.0 |
| May 31, 2015
Current assets | $ | 1,422.6 |
Noncurrent assets | 1,887.7 |
Current liabilities | 603.9 |
Noncurrent liabilities | 691.3 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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