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Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares, Adjustment to Working Capital

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Business Acquisition, Number of Transactions

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Grain Storage Capacity

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Grain Storage Capacity, Dry

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Grain Storage Capacity, Liquid Nutrient

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Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Payments to Acquire Additional Assets

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Number of Locations Acquired

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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-Publisher FASB

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Acquisition (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 business	Oct. 07, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions	0us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
Auburn Bean and Grain
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of shares outstanding acquired		100.00%
Number of transactions		2
Cash payments to acquire businesses		$ 5.0
Shares issued in connection with business acquisition, adjustment to working capital, shares		80
Shares issued in connection with business acquisition, adjustment to working capital, value		4.5
Cash paid to acquire additional facilities		20.4
Additional grain storage capacity acquired (bushels)		18,100,000
Dry grain storage acquired (tons)		16,000
Grain storage acquired, liquid nutrient capacity (gallons)		3,700,000
Purchase price		60.9
Series of business acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price			7.2
Grain operations \| Auburn Bean and Grain
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of locations acquired		6
Agronomy operations \| Auburn Bean and Grain
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of locations acquired		4
Number of shares issued as part of acquisition		637
Shares issued in connection with business acquisition, value		$ 35.5