2.4.0.81050 - Disclosure - DEFERRED FARMING COSTStruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000792161duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1nnut_DeferredFarmingCostsAndNutInventoryDisclosureAbstractnnut_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0DEFERRED FARMING COSTS2false 2nnut_DeferredCostsCapitalizedAndInventoryDisclosureTextBlocknnut_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> (5)  DEFERRED FARMING COSTS   Orchard costs (e.g. irrigation, fertilizer, pruning, etc.) related to nuts sold under nut purchase contracts and services provided under farming contracts are expensed to cost of goods sold and cost of services provided based on management’s estimate of the production costs related to macadamia nuts sold during the interim reporting period.  The difference between costs incurred-to-date and costs expensed-to-date is reported on the consolidated balance sheet as deferred farming costs.  Deferred farming costs generally accumulate during the first and second quarters of the year and are expensed over the remainder of the year.   </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe net change during the reporting period in the value of expenditures made during the current reporting period for benefits of nut production that will be received over the remainder of the current fiscal year.No definition available.false0DEFERRED FARMING COSTSfalseDEFERRED FARMING COSTSUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.royalhawaiianorchards.com/role/DisclosureDeferredFarmingCosts12