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Notional Amount of Forward Contracts (Details) - Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contract [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of derivative contracts	$ 180.0	$ 90.0
Derivatives related to tobacco purchases [Member] | Tobacco purchases [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of derivative contracts	123.2	71.9
Derivatives related to processing costs [Member] | Processing costs [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of derivative contracts	35.1	18.1
Derivatives related to processing costs [Member] | Crop input sales [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of derivative contracts	$ 21.7	$ 0.0

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