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Inventories | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Inventory [Abstract] |
Inventories | INVENTORIES
| December 31, 2020 |  | September 30, 2020
Raw materials and supplies | $ | 114.2 |  |  | $ | 118.1 |
Work in process | 19.6 |  |  | 17.8 |
Finished products | 418.2 |  |  | 429.4 |
Flocks | 32.4 |  |  | 34.1 |
| $ | 584.4 |  |  | $ | 599.4 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 330 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998 + Details
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