OPERATIONS AND OWNERSHIP (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Jan. 06, 2005	Dec. 31, 2013 acre	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 acre item	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Feb. 06, 2014 Subsequent event
OPERATIONS AND OWNERSHIP
Area of orchards owned or leased by the entity		5,070								5,070
Area of macadamia orchards in Hawaii farmed by the entity for other orchard owners										1,100
Number of retail product lines										2
Ownership percentage by limited partners	99.00%									100.00%
Ownership percentage by the Managing General Partner	1.00%
Cash paid to purchase the stock of MLR accounted for as an asset purchase	$ 750,000
General partner units outstanding (in shares)	75,757
Net loss recorded during the period		(674,000)	(1,217,000)	(1,151,000)	(628,000)	10,000	296,000	(797,000)	(8,000)	(3,670,000)	(499,000)	712,000
Operating cash flow generated during the period										(2,912,000)	1,361,000	2,325,000
Working capital		155,000				2,000,000				155,000	2,000,000
Lower nut revenue										8,100,000
Increase in operating expenses and cash paid for Royal's inventory and development costs											2,000,000
OPERATIONS AND OWNERSHIP
Net proceeds from rights offering after deducting offering expenses													8,890,000
Offering expenses													$ 290,000
Duration to build raw materials and finished goods inventory from net proceeds													2 years