BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Details) CAD in Millions, BRL in Millions, $ in Millions					1 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($) item	Oct. 04, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2016 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 BRL	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 CAD	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016	Feb. 28, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Cost of acquired entity
Gain on divestiture pre-tax												$ 47.0
Purchase price allocation
Goodwill				$ 418.0								418.0	$ 373.0					$ 349.0
Province of Quebec, Canada
Cost of acquired entity
Proceeds from the sale of Canadian grain assets								$ 54.0
Certain working capital disposed								34.0
Grain business in Canada
Cost of acquired entity
Proceeds from the sale of Canadian grain assets								88.0
G3
Cost of acquired entity
Ownership interest (as a percent)											25.00%				35.00%	51.00%	51.00%
Ownership percentage sold											10.00%
Agribusiness
Purchase price allocation
Goodwill				121.0								$ 121.0	$ 126.0					$ 153.0
Agribusiness | G3
Cost of acquired entity
Ownership interest (as a percent)													25.00%
Heartland Harvest, Inc.
Cost of acquired entity
Number of manufacturing facilities | item										1
Walter Rau Neusser
Cost of acquired entity
Interest acquired (as a percent)		62.80%
Purchase price		$ 33.0
Grupo Minsa
Cost of acquired entity
Purchase price			$ 311.0
Grupo Minsa | Mexico
Cost of acquired entity
Number of mills | item			4
Grupo Minsa | United States
Cost of acquired entity
Number of mills | item			2
Cargill's two oilseed processing plants | Netherlands and France
Cost of acquired entity
Purchase price	$ 225.0
Number of oilseed processing plants and operations | item	2
Consideration transferred through working capital adjustment	$ 120.0
Moinho Pacifico | Bunge Alimentos S .A.
Cost of acquired entity
Interest acquired (as a percent)						100.00%
Purchase price					BRL 1,087	$ 282.0
Purchase price allocation
Property, plant and equipment														$ 98.0
Inventory														10.0
Other net assets and liabilities														9.0
Finite-lived intangible assets														97.0
Goodwill														$ 68.0
WHF
Cost of acquired entity
Purchase price						27.0
Consideration transferred through working capital adjustment						2.0
Purchase price paid in cash						25.0
Purchase price allocation
Property, plant and equipment						4.0
Inventory						2.0
Intangible assets						15.0
Goodwill						$ 6.0
Spain biodiesel entity
Cost of acquired entity
Interest acquired (as a percent)									80.00%
Purchase price									$ 7.0
Purchase price allocation
Property, plant and equipment									7.0
Goodwill									2.0
Non-settlement of loan and other receivables									$ 3.0
Spain biodiesel entity | Agribusiness
Cost of acquired entity
Ownership interest immediately prior to acquisition (as a percent)									20.00%
G3
Cost of acquired entity
Contributed capital								130.0
G3 | SALIC
Cost of acquired entity
Contributed capital								126.0
Consideration in the form of convertible debt								$ 115.0
CWB | G3
Cost of acquired entity
Interest acquired (as a percent)							61.00%	61.00%
Purchase price				$ 266.0			CAD 368
Heartland Harvest, Inc.
Cost of acquired entity
Purchase price										$ 47.0
Purchase price paid in cash										40.0
Purchase price allocation
Property, plant and equipment										18.0
Inventory										2.0
Finite-lived intangible assets										18.0
Goodwill										9.0
Debt acquired										$ 7.0