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Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Nov. 21, 2019 USD ($)	May 02, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 07, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 27, 2018 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 20, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2019 USD ($) Mill	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
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Fair value of debt						$ 10,900,000,000			$ 10,600,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit Facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,300,000,000					2,300,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000.0
Credit facility, maturity date	Nov. 21, 2024
Long-term debt						350,000,000.0			0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Non-U.S. Dollar Currencies [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capacity available for special purpose	$ 500,000,000						$ 400,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Future Mexican Peso Sub-Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit Facility, maximum borrowing capacity	200,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, NA Credit Facility [Member] \| Terminated Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Credit Facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 450,000,000.0
Receivables Securitization Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
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Long-term debt						475,000,000.0			0
Receivables backed financing, maximum borrowing amount		$ 700,000,000.0
Debt instrument, maturity date		Jul. 22, 2019
Debt instrument, maximum borrowing capacity, amount						678,500,000			592,100,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Collateral for Secured Borrowings						1,081,700,000			959,300,000
Debt instrument, amended maturity date		May 02, 2022
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch European Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
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Credit Facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| €				€ 500,000,000.0
Credit facility, maturity date	Nov. 21, 2022			Apr. 27, 2021
Long-term debt						310,000,000.0			350,000,000.0
Incremental line of credit \| €				€ 100,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, maximum Euro denominated borrowing capacity \| €				€ 500,000,000.0
Debt instrument, maturity period				3 years
Current portion of long-term debt						0			175,000,000.0
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch European Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Foreign Exchange Contract [Member]
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Amount of foreign exchange contracts						310,500,000
Commercial Paper [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
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Long-term debt						250,000,000.0			250,000,000.0
Aggregate Principal Amount of Short-term Unsecured Commercial Paper Program, Maximum			$ 1,000,000,000.0		$ 1,000,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, notice period for termination			30 days		30 days
Borrowings outstanding						$ 304,500,000			$ 339,200,000
Debt, weighted average interest rate						2.20%			2.39%
Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
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Credit facility, maximum permitted debt to capitalization ratio	0.65						0.60
Maximum [Member] \| Commercial Paper [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
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Debt instrument, maturity period			397 days		397 days
Chip Mills [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of mills recharacterized short-term and long-term liability \| Mill								2
Finance lease obligation reclassified from short term and long term liability								$ 100,300,000