Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Other assets, net consist of the following:

	October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
Note receivable - Jamex	$	40,000	$	39,760
Other	48,103		47,463
Other assets, net	$	88,103	$	87,223

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
Propane gas and related products	$	68,336	$	59,726
Crude oil	6,066		4,642
Appliances, parts and supplies	25,894		26,226
Inventories	$	100,296	$	90,594

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of the following:

	October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
Accrued interest	$	45,118	$	16,623
Accrued payroll	25,738		13,438
Customer deposits and advances	40,238		27,391
Price risk management liabilities	8,030		18,401
Other	51,403		53,105
Other current liabilities	$	170,527	$	128,958

Shipping And Handling Expenses

Shipping and handling expenses are classified in the following condensed consolidated statements of operations line items:

	For the three months ended October 31,
	2016		2015
Operating expense	$	41,810	$	40,535
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,026		1,115
Equipment lease expense	6,666		6,429
	$	49,502	$	48,079

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

Loss on asset sales and disposal consists of the following:

	For the three months ended October 31,
	2016		2015
Loss on assets held for sale	$	—	$	12,112
Loss on sale of assets held for sale	—		1,259
Loss on sale of assets and other	6,423		1,546
Loss on asset sales and disposal	$	6,423	$	14,917

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Certain cash flow and significant non-cash activities are presented below:

	For the three months ended October 31,
	2016			2015
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	5,631		$	3,780
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	$	(189	)	$	1,727

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Other assets, net consist of the following:

	October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
Note receivable - Jamex	$	40,000	$	39,760
Other	48,103		47,463
Other assets, net	$	88,103	$	87,223

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
Propane gas and related products	$	68,336	$	59,726
Crude oil	6,066		4,642
Appliances, parts and supplies	25,894		26,226
Inventories	$	100,296	$	90,594

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of the following:

	October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
Accrued interest	$	39,188	$	14,617
Accrued payroll	25,738		13,438
Customer deposits and advances	40,238		27,391
Price risk management liabilities	8,030		18,401
Other	51,403		53,105
Other current liabilities	$	164,597	$	126,952

Shipping And Handling Expenses

Shipping and handling expenses are classified in the following condensed consolidated statements of operations line items:

	For the three months ended October 31,
	2016		2015
Operating expense	$	41,810	$	40,535
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,026		1,115
Equipment lease expense	6,666		6,429
	$	49,502	$	48,079

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

Loss on asset sales and disposal consists of the following:

	For the three months ended October 31,
	2016		2015
Loss on assets held for sale	$	—	$	12,112
Loss on sale of assets held for sale	—		1,259
Loss on sale of assets and other	6,423		1,546
Loss on asset sales and disposal	$	6,423	$	14,917

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Certain cash flow and significant non-cash activities are presented below:

	For the three months ended October 31,
	2016			2015
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	5,630		$	3,779
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	$	(189	)	$	1,727
Contributions in connection with acquisitions	$	—		$	(284	)