Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 194,333	$ 245,977
Restricted cash		11,191	23,919
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $196 and $166, respectively		34,447	107,183
Income taxes receivable		42,367	6,216
Inventories		214,336	252,992
Prepaid expenses and other		12,550	13,685
Derivative financial instruments		57,161	17,941
Total current assets		566,385	667,913
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $504,325 and $486,677, respectively		843,466	827,271
Operating lease right-of-use assets		53,909	52,476
Investment in equity method investees		131,113	68,998
Other assets		43,225	81,560
Total assets	[1]	1,638,098	1,698,218
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		96,053	156,693
Accrued and other liabilities		35,637	39,384
Derivative financial instruments		15,589	8,721
Operating lease current liabilities		16,094	16,626
Short-term notes payable and other borrowings		167,043	187,812
Current maturities of long-term debt		130,785	132,555
Total current liabilities		461,201	541,791
Long-term debt		247,210	243,990
Operating lease long-term liabilities		40,383	38,314
Other liabilities		9,224	8,837
Total liabilities		758,018	832,932
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 47,307,248 and 46,964,115 shares issued, and 35,494,087 and 36,031,933 shares outstanding, respectively		47	47
Additional paid-in capital		734,616	734,580
Retained earnings		131,705	148,150
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		30,939	(11,064)
Treasury stock, 11,813,161 and 10,932,182 shares, respectively		(131,287)	(119,808)
Total Green Plains stockholders’ equity		766,020	751,905
Noncontrolling interests		114,060	113,381
Total stockholders’ equity		880,080	865,286
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$ 1,638,098	$ 1,698,218

[1] Asset balances by segment exclude intercompany balances