ACQUISITIONS (Acquisition of Coodetec) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
		Jan. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			$ 5,965	$ 3,540
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)			61	77
Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			193	225
Customer Related Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			3,239	1,798
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			22	25
Coodetec [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price		$ 169
Payments to Acquire Businesses			$ 24	$ 121
Inventories		24
Net property		35
Other intangible assets (1)	[1]	81
Total Assets Acquired		140
Accrued and other current liabilities		2
Goodwill		31
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		46
Coodetec [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		46
Coodetec [Member] | Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		14
Coodetec [Member] | Customer Related Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		1
Coodetec [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		$ 20

[1] Includes $14 million of trademarks, $1 million of customer-related intangibles, $20 million of germplasm and $46 million of in-process research and development. See Note 10 for additional information.