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Marketable Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |
Net of assets transferred to the LLC | $ 34
Fair value on investment in the LLC redemption price | 250
Cost of the investment in LLC | 250
Percentage of share from profit of LLC | 95.00%
Additional preferential share receivable in case distributions are below this base level | 95.00%
Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC | Base Level |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |
Distributions from LLC - aggregate annual base level | 26.7
Snake River |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |
Loan issued by Snake River | 250
Snake River | Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |
Minimum amount annual distributions received from Amalgamated Sugar LLC will exceed Snake River loan interest payments | $ 1.8

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