The entity's contracted commodity sales volumes hedged during the historical hedging period, in gallons.

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Percentage of anticipated production hedged during the historical hedging period

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Percentage of anticipated production hedged over the forward hedging period.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) after tax related to the increase (decrease) in fair value of price risk derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments, which was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) related to the increase or decrease in fair value of interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments, which was recorded in AOCI to the extent that the cash flow hedge was determined to be effective.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payments on the derivative liability.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of interest rate derivative assets, which includes all such derivative instruments in hedging and nonhedging relationships that are recognized as assets.

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Maximum period the entity is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payments on a nonderivative instrument.

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	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) gal	Sep. 30, 2019 EUR (€) bu	Dec. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
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Corn processed per month (in bushels) \| bu		72
Derivatives used in Net Investment Hedge, Net of Tax	30
Notional Amount of Nonderivative Instruments \| €		€ 2.2	€ 1.1
Foreign Debt used in Net Investment Hedge, Net of Tax	63			$ (26)
Designated As Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Price Risk Cash Flow Hedges, after Tax, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	7
Interest Rate Derivative Assets, at Fair Value	4			$ 0
After-tax gains (losses) in AOCI from commodity cash flow hedge transactions	$ 7
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Derivative Hedged Item Time Period	12 months
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Percentage of anticipated commodity purchases or production hedged over future hedging period (as a percent)	4.00%
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Percentage of anticipated commodity purchases or production hedged over future hedging period (as a percent)	60.00%
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Soybean [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Designated As Hedging Instrument [Member]
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Percentage of anticipated commodity purchases or production hedged over future hedging period (as a percent)	100.00%
Currency Swap [Member]
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Fair Value Hedging [Member]
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