Revenue from Contract with Customer Revenue from Contract with Customer (Disaggregation of Revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 374,970	$ 279,311
Other operating sales and revenues	4,749	5,311
Sales and other operating revenues	379,719	284,622
Tobacco sales [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	345,137	257,221
Processing revenue [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	21,707	13,354
Other sales and revenue from contracts with customers [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 8,126	$ 8,736

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