Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 446,833	$ 233,860
Restricted cash		207,593	40,950
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $198 and $143, respectively		62,519	55,568
Income taxes receivable		483	661
Inventories		258,759	269,491
Prepaid expenses and other		14,988	16,531
Derivative financial instruments		19,365	25,292
Total current assets		1,010,540	642,353
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $523,375 and $530,194, respectively		799,546	801,690
Operating lease right-of-use assets		64,597	61,883
Other assets		69,943	72,991
Total assets	[1]	1,944,626	1,578,917
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		92,972	140,058
Accrued and other liabilities		36,236	38,471
Derivative financial instruments		41,098	20,265
Operating lease current liabilities		15,627	14,902
Short-term notes payable and other borrowings		174,104	140,808
Current maturities of long-term debt		61,442	98,052
Total current liabilities		421,479	452,556
Long-term debt		537,880	287,299
Operating lease long-term liabilities		51,682	49,549
Other liabilities		13,056	12,849
Total liabilities		1,024,097	802,253
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 56,452,866 and 47,470,505 shares issued, and 44,639,705 and 35,657,344 shares outstanding, respectively		56	47
Additional paid-in capital		882,949	740,889
Retained earnings		44,248	39,375
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(8,398)	(2,172)
Treasury stock, 11,813,161 shares		(131,287)	(131,287)
Total Green Plains stockholders’ equity		787,568	646,852
Noncontrolling interests		132,961	129,812
Total stockholders’ equity		920,529	776,664
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$ 1,944,626	$ 1,578,917

[1] Asset balances by segment exclude intercompany balances.