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Investment in Debt Securities Estimated fair value of Company investment.

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Investment in Debt Securities, Ownership percentage.

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Investment in Debt Securities Ownership percentage held by common shareholders.

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Investment in Debt Securities Rate of dividends accrue to company.

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Payments for Partial Redemption of Equity Method Investment

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Variable Interest Entity Investment Acquisition Percentage.

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Related party derivative asset.

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Related party derivative liability.

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Revenues recognized for the sale of Corn.

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Revenues recognized for the sale of Ethanol.

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Variable interest entity unpaid accrued dividends.

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This item represents disclosure of the amount of dividends or other distributions received from unconsolidated subsidiaries, certain corporate joint ventures, and certain noncontrolled corporation; these investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. This element excludes distributions that constitute a return of investment, which are classified as investing activities.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (b)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

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-Article 5

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of an equity method investment.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The reporting entity's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the Variable Interest Entity (VIE).

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Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May. 25, 2015	Jan. 22, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 21, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total distributions received from unconsolidated affiliates			$ 1,600	$ 31,000	$ 20,800	$ 96,900
Proceeds from returns of investments in affiliates					$ 1,480	35,920
Percentage of shares acquired from subsidiary (percentage)			100.00%		100.00%
Voting interest in IANR (percentage)					49.90%
Voting interest held by the common shareholders (percentage)					50.10%
Rate of dividends accrued annually (percentage)	9.00%
Estimated fair value of the Company's investment in IANR			$ 12,800		$ 12,800
Current maximum exposure to loss related to IANR			22,200		22,200
Investment and unpaid accrued dividends			9,400		9,400
Revenues recognized for the sale of ethanol			105,100	131,700	315,900	444,200
Revenues recognized for the sale of corn			119,400	93,000	323,700	368,300
Related party, Gross asset			3,400	24,600	3,400	24,600	$ 1,400
Related party, Gross liability			$ 300	$ 18,900	$ 300	$ 18,900	3,800
The Andersons Ethanol Investment LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)			66.00%		66.00%
Noncontrolling interest is attributed of all gains and losses of parent (percentage)			34.00%		34.00%
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)			50.00%		50.00%
Lansing Trade Group LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Agreement for partial redemption of equity method investment		$ 60,000
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)		39.20%						47.50%
Total distributions received from unconsolidated affiliates		$ 28,500
Proceeds from returns of investments in affiliates		$ 31,500
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal							17,100
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal, Net of Tax							$ 10,700