Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 12,612,050	$ 8,064,620	$ 8,003,253
Cost of sales and merchandising revenues	12,019,353	7,698,423	7,542,486
Gross profit	592,697	366,197	460,767
Operating, administrative and general expenses	423,752	377,695	409,710
Asset impairment	8,321	0	41,212
Interest expense, net	37,292	33,784	43,205
Other income:
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates, net	4,842	638	(7,359)
Gain from remeasurement of equity method investments, net	0	0	35,214
Other income, net	32,596	17,563	18,526
Income (loss) before income taxes from continuing operations	160,770	(27,081)	13,021
Income tax provision (benefit) from continuing operations	29,228	(10,910)	9,145
Net income (loss) from continuing operations	131,542	(16,171)	3,876
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	4,324	1,956	11,184
Net income (loss)	135,866	(14,215)	15,060
Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest	31,880	(21,925)	(3,247)
Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$ 103,986	$ 7,710	$ 18,307
Average number of shares outstanding – basic	33,279	32,924	32,570
Average number of shares outstanding – diluted	33,855	33,189	33,096
Basic earnings:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 2.99	$ 0.17	$ 0.22
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.13	0.06	0.34
Basic earnings (in dollars per share)	3.12	0.23	0.56
Diluted earnings:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	2.94	0.17	0.22
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.13	0.06	0.33
Diluted earnings (in dollars per share)	$ 3.07	$ 0.23	$ 0.55