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Inventories (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Inventories |
Summary of inventories |
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
(Thousands of dollars) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
At lower of LIFO cost or market: |  |  |  |  |
Live hogs and materials |  | $ | 227,303 |  | $ | 228,624 |
Fresh pork and materials |  | 31,586 |  | 29,426 |
|  | 258,889 |  | 258,050 |
LIFO adjustment |  | (56,604 | ) | (57,783 | )
Total inventories at lower of LIFO cost or market |  | 202,285 |  | 200,267 |
At lower of FIFO cost or market: |  |  |  |  |
Grains and oilseeds |  | 280,500 |  | 251,839 |
Sugar produced and in process |  | 64,157 |  | 78,730 |
Other |  | 84,671 |  | 63,449 |
Total inventories at lower of FIFO cost or market |  | 429,328 |  | 394,018 |
Grain, flour and feed at lower of weighted average cost or market |  | 63,081 |  | 50,645 |
Total inventories |  | $ | 694,694 |  | $ | 644,930

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