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Number of ethanol plants

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Number of ethanol storage facilities located at or near the company's ethanol production plants.

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Number of fuel terminal facilities which enable the partnership to receive, store and deliver fuels from and to markets.

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The number of gallons of ethanol produced per year.

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Number of leased railcars contracted to transport ethanol from ethanol production plants to refineries.

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The aggregate capacity of leased railcars contracted to transport ethanol from ethanol production plants to refineries.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public, retained for general partnership purposes.

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Fee-based rail transportation services agreement.

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Portion of the consideration received from a stock transaction that is distributed to parent company.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by the public after stock transaction.

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Fee based terminaling agreement.

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Fee-based trucking transportation agreement.

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(b))
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 22
-Article 5

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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-Topic 230
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Green Plains Partners LP (Details) $ / shares in Units, gal in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2015 USD ($) item $ / shares shares gal	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) item gal	Jan. 01, 2016 item gal
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of Green Plains Partners common units, net \| $		$ 157,452,000
Number of ethanol plants	12	14
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of ethanol storage facilities located at or near the company's ethanol production plants			30
Number of fuel terminal facilities			8
Number of leased railcars			2,500
Aggregate capacity of leased railcars, gallons \| gal			76.3
IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of ethanol storage facilities located at or near the company's ethanol production plants	27
Number of fuel terminal facilities	8
Number of leased railcars	2,210
Aggregate capacity of leased railcars, gallons \| gal	66.3
Ethanol storage and throughput agreement	10 years
Rail transportation services agreement	6 years
Trucking transportation agreement	1 year
Terminaling agreement	2 years 6 months
Limited Partner [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership interest, public, percentage	35.50%
Green Plains Partners LP [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate capacity of leased railcars, gallons \| gal			76.3
Green Plains Partners LP [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of Green Plains Partners common units, net \| $	$ 157,500,000
Proceeds from issuance of Green Plains Partners common units, retained for general partnership purposes \| $	1,300,000
Distribution to Green Plains Inc. \| $	155,300,000
Green Plains Partners LP [Member] \| IPO [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Line of credit, current borrowing capacity \| $	100,000,000
Origination fees \| $	$ 900,000
Green Plains Partners LP [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units issued as part of the transaction \| shares	11,500,000
Offering price per unit sold to the public \| $ / shares	$ 15.00
Green Plains Partners LP [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Over-Allotment Option - Included as part of 11.5M common units [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units issued as part of the transaction \| shares	1,500,000
Green Plains Inc. [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of gallons of ethanol produced per year \| gal		1,000.0
Green Plains Inc. [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership interest, percentage	62.50%
Green Plains Inc. [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units issued as part of the transaction \| shares	4,389,642
Green Plains Inc. [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units issued as part of the transaction \| shares	15,889,642
Green Plains Inc. [Member] \| General Partner [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership interest, percentage	2.00%