Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2009
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
Net sales		$ 22,870	$ 20,077	$ 20,930	$ 16,799	$ 15,703	$ 15,145	$ 15,913	$ 14,921	$ 80,676	$ 61,682	$ 69,207
Gross Profit		1,098	1,160	1,234	808	926	891	1,053	973	4,300	3,843	4,089
Net Earnings Attributable to Controlling Interests		381	578	732	345	446	421	567	496	2,036	1,930	1,684
Basic Earnings Per Common Share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.59	$ 0.91	$ 1.15	$ 0.54	$ 0.70	$ 0.65	$ 0.88	$ 0.77	$ 3.17	$ 3.00	$ 2.62
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.58	$ 0.86	$ 1.14	$ 0.54	$ 0.69	$ 0.65	$ 0.88	$ 0.77	$ 3.13	$ 3.00	$ 2.62
After-tax start up costs for new greenfield plants		11	14	14	20	24	18	20	6
After-tax start up costs for new greenfield plants (in dollars per share)		$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.03	$ 0.04	$ 0.03	$ 0.03	$ 0.01
Pre-tax gain on sale of bank securities of equity investee		78
After-tax gain on sale of bank securities of equity investee		49
After-tax gain on sale of bank securities of equity investee, per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.07
Pre-tax gain related to the acquisition of the remaining interest in Golden Peanut				71						71
After-tax gain related to the acquisition of the remaining interest in Golden Peanut				44
After-tax gain related to the acquisition of the remaining interest in Golden Peanut, per share (in dollars per share)				$ 0.07
Loss on extinguishment of debt	75	15	8				75			15	75
Loss on extinguishment of debt after tax		9					47
Loss on extinguishment of debt, per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01					$ 0.07
Amount of debt repurchased	500						500
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized in earnings from interest rate swaps that have been de-designated						(59)				30	(59)
(Losses) gains on interest rate swap after tax			4	34	(19)	(37)
(Losses) gains on interest rate swap (in dollars per share)			$ 0.01	$ 0.05	$ (0.03)	$ (0.06)
After-tax increase to earnings due to adjustments to machinery and equipment assets		$ 28	$ 31	$ 24
After-tax increase to earnings due to adjustments to machinery and equipment assets (in dollars per share)		$ 0.04	$ 0.05	$ 0.04