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Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Mar. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent Events On April 5, 2016 the Company's Board of Directors approved the sale of eight grain and agronomy locations in Iowa to MaxYield Cooperative of West Bend, Iowa. The Andersons acquired these locations as a part of its 2012 acquisition from Green Plains Grain Company. The Tennessee assets acquired during that same transaction will remain a part of the Company. This transaction closed on May 2, 2016.