The Andersons, Inc. (ANDE) 10-Q 9 May 14 2014 Q1 Quarterly report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]	'	'
Entity Registrant Name	'ANDERSONS INC	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0000821026	'
Document Type	'10-Q	'
Document Period End Date	31-Mar-14	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2014	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'Q1	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'
Entity Filer Category	'Large Accelerated Filer	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	28.2

Condensed_Consolidated_Balance

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Current assets:	'		'		'
Cash and cash equivalents	$43,693		$309,085		$58,284
Restricted cash	652		408		635
Accounts receivable, net	191,972		173,930		197,842
Inventories	725,584		614,923		753,378
Commodity derivative assets – current	119,330		71,319		158,079
Deferred income taxes	9,104		4,931		15,482
Other current assets	48,214		47,188		63,350
Total current assets	1,138,549		1,221,784		1,247,050
Other assets:	'		'		'
Commodity derivative assets – noncurrent	1,365		246		813
Goodwill	58,554		58,554		54,387
Other assets, net	55,974		59,456		50,148
Pension assets	15,079		14,328		0
Equity method investments	232,396		291,109		190,377
Investments and Other Noncurrent Assets	363,368		423,693		295,725
Railcar assets leased to others, net	237,534		240,621		244,706
Property, plant and equipment, net	386,132		387,458		364,307
Total assets	2,125,583		2,273,556		2,151,788
Current liabilities:	'		'		'
Borrowings under short-term line of credit	226,100		0		292,100
Accounts payable for grain	183,998		592,183		183,997
Other accounts payable	177,623		154,599		182,013
Customer prepayments and deferred revenue	124,981		59,304		160,191
Commodity derivative liabilities – current	32,153		63,954		50,157
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	56,290		70,295		52,519
Current maturities of long-term debt	90,760		51,998		43,052
Total current liabilities	891,905		992,333		964,029
Other long-term liabilities	14,749		15,386		16,898
Commodity derivative liabilities – noncurrent	734		6,644		3,220
Employee benefit plan obligations	39,989		39,477		52,927
Long-term debt, less current maturities	306,161		375,213		412,700
Deferred income taxes	128,716		120,082		77,694
Total liabilities	1,382,254		1,549,135		1,527,468
Commitments and contingencies	'		'		'
Shareholders’ equity:	'		'		'
Common shares, without par value (42,000 shares authorized; 28,797 shares issued)	96		96		96
Preferred shares, without par value (1,000 shares authorized; none issued)	0		0		0
Additional paid-in-capital	184,474		184,380		181,845
Treasury shares, at cost (378, 607 and 713 shares at 3/31/14, 12/31/13 and 3/31/13, respectively)	-8,750		-10,222		-11,418
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	-24,157	[1]	-21,181	[1]	-43,277	[1]
Retained earnings	567,849		548,401		480,156
Total shareholders’ equity of The Andersons, Inc.	719,512		701,474		607,402
Noncontrolling interests	23,817		22,947		16,918
Total equity	743,329		724,421		624,320
Total liabilities and equity	$2,125,583		$2,273,556		$2,151,788
[1]	All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicates debits

Condensed_Consolidated_Balance1

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (Unaudited) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]	'	'	'
Common shares, par value (dollars per share)	$0	$0	$0
Common shares, shares authorized (shares)	42,000,000	42,000,000	42,000,000
Common shares, shares issued (shares)	28,797,000	28,797,000	28,797,000
Preferred shares, par value (dollars per share)	$0	$0	$0
Preferred shares, shares authorized (shares)	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred shares, shares issued (shares)	0	0	0
Treasury shares, at cost (shares)	378,000	607,000	713,000

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]	'	'
Sales and merchandising revenues	$1,003,294	$1,271,970
Cost of sales and merchandising revenues	926,519	1,192,697
Gross profit	76,775	79,273
Operating, administrative and general expenses	70,985	62,008
Interest expense	6,002	6,404
Other income:	'	'
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net	20,501	7,804
Other income, net	19,612	2,726
Income before income taxes	39,901	21,391
Income tax provision	13,872	9,079
Net income	26,029	12,312
Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interests	3,321	-266
Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$22,708	$12,578
Per common share:	'	'
Basic earnings attributable to The Andersons, Inc. common shareholders (dollars per share)	$0.80	$0.45
Diluted earnings attributable to The Andersons, Inc. common shareholders (dollars per share)	$0.80	$0.45
Dividends paid (dollars per share)	$0.11	$0.11

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme1

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]	'		'
Net income	$26,029		$12,312
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:	'		'
(Decrease) increase in estimated fair value of investment in debt securities (net of income tax of ($1,958) and $187)	-3,232		303
Change in unrecognized actuarial loss and prior service cost (net of income tax of $113 and $232 - Note 14)	187		1,769
Cash flow hedge activity (net of income tax of $42 and $96)	69		30
Other comprehensive income (loss)	-2,976	[1]	2,102	[1]
Comprehensive income	23,053		14,414
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interests	3,321		-266
Comprehensive income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$19,732		$14,680
[1]	All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicates debits

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]	'	'
Increase in estimated fair value of investment in debt securities, tax	($1,958)	$187
Unrecognized actuarial loss and prior service cost, income taxes	113	232
Income tax on cash flow hedge activity	$42	$96

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Operating activities	'	'
Net income	$26,029	$12,312
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash used in operating activities:	'	'
Depreciation and amortization	13,856	14,801
Bad debt expense	377	269
Cash distributions in excess of income of unconsolidated affiliates	45,061	531
Gain on sale of investments in affiliates	-17,055	0
Gains on sales of railcars and related leases	-10,769	-9,699
Excess tax benefit from share-based payment arrangement	-1,608	-55
Deferred income taxes	6,264	805
Stock-based compensation expense	1,462	768
Other	-2,504	102
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	'	'
Accounts receivable	-19,390	11,815
Inventories	-110,661	23,299
Commodity derivatives	-86,842	-34,915
Other assets	-1,730	-9,534
Accounts payable for grain	-408,185	-398,656
Other accounts payable and accrued expenses	67,082	52,174
Net cash used in operating activities	-498,613	-335,983
Investing Activities	'	'
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	0	-3,345
Purchases of railcars	-14,005	-44,241
Proceeds from sale of railcars	25,465	36,144
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	-5,523	-6,194
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	108	68
Proceeds from sale of investments in affiliates	31,457	0
Change in restricted cash	-244	-237
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	37,258	-17,805
Financing Activities	'	'
Net change in short-term borrowings	226,100	267,881
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	3,598	25,254
Payments of long-term debt	-30,560	-17,888
Proceeds from sale of treasury shares to employees and directors	1,499	1,587
Payment of debt issuance costs	-3,175	-46
Dividends paid	-3,107	-2,989
Excess tax benefit from share-based payment arrangement	1,608	55
Net cash provided by financing activities	195,963	273,854
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	-265,392	-79,934
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	309,085	138,218
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	43,693	58,284
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information	'	'
Capital project costs incurred but not yet paid	4,020	4,372
Purchase of capitalized software through seller-financing	$2,562	$4,294

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited) (USD $)	Total		Common Shares	Additional Paid-in Capital	Treasury Shares	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Retained Earnings	Noncontrolling Interests
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$611,445		$96	$181,627	($12,559)	($45,379)	$470,628	$17,032
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]	'		'	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	12,312		'	'	'	'	12,578	-266
Other comprehensive income	2,102	[1]	'	'	'	2,102	'	'
Noncontrolling Interest, cash distributions or proceeds received	152		'	'	'	'	'	152
Stock awards, stock option exercises and other shares issued to employees and directors, net of income tax of $1,530 (214 shares) and $1,052 (118 shares) for the period March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively	1,304		'	163	1,141	'	'	'
Dividends declared ($0.1100 and $0.1067 per common share for the year March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively)	-2,995		'	'	'	'	-2,995	'
Performance share unit dividend equivalents	0		'	55	'	'	-55	'
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2013	624,320		96	181,845	-11,418	-43,277	480,156	16,918
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	724,421		96	184,380	-10,222	-21,181	548,401	22,947
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]	'		'	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	26,029		'	'	'	'	22,708	3,321
Other comprehensive income	-2,976	[1]	'	'	'	-2,976	'	'
Noncontrolling Interest, cash distributions or proceeds received	-2,451		'	'	'	'	'	-2,451
Stock awards, stock option exercises and other shares issued to employees and directors, net of income tax of $1,530 (214 shares) and $1,052 (118 shares) for the period March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively	1,490		'	18	1,472	'	'	'
Payment of cash in lieu for stock split (187 shares)	-58		'	-58	'	'	'	'
Dividends declared ($0.1100 and $0.1067 per common share for the year March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively)	-3,126		'	'	'	'	-3,126	'
Performance share unit dividend equivalents	0		'	134	'	'	-134	'
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2014	$743,329		$96	$184,474	($8,750)	($24,157)	$567,849	$23,817
[1]	All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicates debits

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical) (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Additional Paid-in Capital	'	'
Income tax on stock option exercise and other shares issued to employees and directors	$1,530	$1,052
Stock option exercises and other shares issued to employees and directors, shares	214	118
Retained Earnings	'	'
Dividends declared, per common share	$0.11	$0.11

Basis_of_Presentation_and_Cons

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation	'
	Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
	These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of The Andersons, Inc. and its wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries (the “Company”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
	Investments in unconsolidated entities in which the Company has significant influence, but not control, are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.
	In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, considered necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations for the periods indicated, have been made. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.
	The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet data at December 31, 2013 was derived from audited Consolidated Financial Statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. A Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2013 has been included as the Company operates in several seasonal industries.
	The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in The Andersons, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (the “2013 Form 10-K”).
	On December 19, 2013, the Company's board of directors approved a three-for-two stock split effected in the form of a stock dividend. The split was effective February 18, 2014 and all share, dividend and per share information within this document has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split.

Inventories

Inventories	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Inventory, Net [Abstract]	'
Inventories	'
	Inventories
	Major classes of inventories are as follows:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Grain	$	488,492	$	432,893	$	507,927
	Ethanol and by-products	17,658		14,453		25,531
	Agricultural fertilizer and supplies	151,144		100,593		157,882
	Lawn and garden fertilizer and corncob products	37,218		39,960		30,343
	Retail merchandise	26,205		22,505		28,097
	Railcar repair parts	4,661		4,312		3,469
	Other	206		207		129
		$	725,584	$	614,923	$	753,378
	Inventories on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 do not include 5.6 million, 13.3 million and 17.7 million bushels of grain, respectively, held in storage for others. The Company does not have title to the grain and is only liable for any deficiencies in grade or shortage of quantity that may arise during the storage period. Management does not anticipate material losses on any deficiencies.

Property_Plant_and_Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment	'
	Property, Plant and Equipment
	The components of property, plant and equipment are as follows:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Land	$	21,906	$	21,801	$	22,637
	Land improvements and leasehold improvements	67,876		67,153		64,972
	Buildings and storage facilities	234,109		231,976		219,500
	Machinery and equipment	309,283		308,215		290,930
	Software	13,403		13,351		13,464
	Construction in progress	52,200		48,135		38,893
		698,777		690,631		650,396
	Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	312,645		303,173		286,089
		$	386,132	$	387,458	$	364,307
	Depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment amounted to $9.9 million, $37.5 million and $9.3 million for the year-to-date periods ended March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013, and March 31, 2013, respectively.
	In December 2013, the Company recorded charges totaling $4.4 million for asset impairment, primarily due to the write down of asset values in Retail. The Company wrote down the value of these assets to the extent their carrying amounts exceeded fair value. The Company classified the significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of the impaired assets, which were not material, as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
	Railcar assets leased to others
	The components of Railcar assets leased to others are as follows:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Railcar assets leased to others	$	316,520	$	317,750	$	325,633
	Less: accumulated depreciation	78,986		77,129		80,927
		$	237,534	$	240,621	$	244,706
	Depreciation expense on railcar assets leased to others amounted to $3.4 million, $14.7 million and $3.7 million for the year-to-date periods ended March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, respectively.

Derivatives

Derivatives	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Derivatives	'
	Derivatives
	The Company’s operating results are affected by changes to commodity prices. The Grain and Ethanol businesses have established “unhedged” position limits (the amount of a commodity, either owned or contracted for, that does not have an offsetting derivative contract to lock in the price). To reduce the exposure to market price risk on commodities owned and forward grain and ethanol purchase and sale contracts, the Company enters into exchange traded commodity futures and options contracts and over the counter forward and option contracts with various counterparties. The exchange traded contracts are primarily via the regulated Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The Company’s forward purchase and sales contracts are for physical delivery of the commodity in a future period. Contracts to purchase commodities from producers generally relate to the current or future crop years for delivery periods quoted by regulated commodity exchanges. Contracts for the sale of commodities to processors or other commercial consumers generally do not extend beyond one year.
	All of these contracts meet the definition of derivatives. While the Company considers its commodity contracts to be effective economic hedges, the Company does not designate or account for its commodity contracts as hedges as defined under current accounting standards. The Company accounts for its commodity derivatives at estimated fair value, the same method it uses to value its grain inventory. The estimated fair value of the commodity derivative contracts that require the receipt or posting of cash collateral is recorded on a net basis (offset against cash collateral posted or received, also known as margin deposits) within commodity derivative assets or liabilities. Management determines fair value based on exchange-quoted prices and in the case of its forward purchase and sale contracts, estimated fair value is adjusted for differences in local markets and non-performance risk. For contracts for which physical delivery occurs, balance sheet classification is based on estimated delivery date. For futures, options and over-the-counter contracts in which physical delivery is not expected to occur but, rather, the contract is expected to be net settled, the Company classifies these contracts as current or noncurrent assets or liabilities, as appropriate, based on the Company’s expectations as to when such contracts will be settled.
	Realized and unrealized gains and losses in the value of commodity contracts (whether due to changes in commodity prices, changes in performance or credit risk, or due to sale, maturity or extinguishment of the commodity contract) and grain inventories are included in sales and merchandising revenues.
	Generally accepted accounting principles permit a party to a master netting arrangement to offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments against the right to reclaim cash collateral or obligation to return cash collateral under the same master netting arrangement. The Company has master netting arrangements for its exchange traded futures and options contracts and certain over-the-counter contracts. When the Company enters into a future, option or an over-the-counter contract, an initial margin deposit may be required by the counterparty. The amount of the margin deposit varies by commodity. If the market price of a future, option or an over-the-counter contract moves in a direction that is adverse to the Company’s position, an additional margin deposit, called a maintenance margin, is required. The Company nets, by counterparty, its futures and over-the-counter positions against the cash collateral provided or received. The margin deposit assets and liabilities are included in short-term commodity derivative assets or liabilities, as appropriate, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
	The following table presents at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, a summary of the estimated fair value of the Company’s commodity derivative instruments that require cash collateral and the associated cash posted/received as collateral. The net asset or liability positions of these derivatives (net of their cash collateral) are determined on a counterparty-by-counterparty basis and are included within short-term commodity derivative assets (or liabilities) on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
		March 31, 2014							December 31, 2013						March 31, 2013
	(in thousands)	Net				Net			Net			Net			Net			Net
		derivative				derivative			derivative			derivative			derivative			derivative
		asset				liability			asset			liability			asset			liability
		position				position			position			position			position			position
	Collateral paid	$	142,791			$	—		$	15,480		$	—		$	73,033		$	—
	Fair value of derivatives	(88,498		)		—			31,055			—			35,403			—
	Balance at end of period	$	54,293			$	—		$	46,535		$	—		$	108,436		$	—
	Certain of our contracts allow the Company to post items other than cash as collateral. Grain inventory posted as collateral on our derivative contracts are recorded in Inventories on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. There was no inventory posted as collateral as of March 31, 2014. The fair value of inventory posted as collateral was $0.3 million, and $0.7 million as of December 31, 2013, and March 31, 2013, respectively.
	The following table presents, on a gross basis, current and noncurrent commodity derivative assets and liabilities:
		31-Mar-14
	(in thousands)	Commodity derivative assets - current				Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent			Commodity derivative liabilities - current			Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent			Total
	Commodity derivative assets	$	86,512			$	1,543		$	4,552		$	308		$	92,915
	Commodity derivative liabilities	(109,973		)		(178		)	(36,705		)	(1,042		)	(147,898		)
	Cash collateral	142,791				—			—			—			142,791
	Balance sheet line item totals	$	119,330			$	1,365		$	(32,153	)	$	(734	)	$	87,808
		31-Dec-13
	(in thousands)	Commodity derivative assets - current				Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent			Commodity derivative liabilities - current			Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent			Total
	Commodity derivative assets	$	69,289			$	246		$	1,286		$	49		$	70,870
	Commodity derivative liabilities	(13,450		)		—			(65,240		)	(6,693		)	(85,383		)
	Cash collateral	15,480				—			—			—			15,480
	Balance sheet line item totals	$	71,319			$	246		$	(63,954	)	$	(6,644	)	$	967
		31-Mar-13
	(in thousands)	Commodity derivative assets - current				Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent			Commodity derivative liabilities - current			Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent			Total
	Commodity derivative assets	$	101,833			$	834		$	3,898		$	19		$	106,584
	Commodity derivative liabilities	(16,787		)		(21		)	(54,055		)	(3,239		)	(74,102		)
	Cash collateral	73,033				—			—			—			73,033
	Balance sheet line item totals	$	158,079			$	813		$	(50,157	)	$	(3,220	)	$	105,515
	The gains included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and the line items in which they are located for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014				2013
	Gains (losses) on commodity derivatives included in sales and merchandising revenues	$	(53,686	)		$	36,368
	The Company had the following volume of commodity derivative contracts outstanding (on a gross basis) at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013:
		31-Mar-14
	Commodity	Number of bushels			Number of gallons			Number of pounds		Number of tons
		(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
	Non-exchange traded:
	Corn	274,762			—			—		—
	Soybeans	29,332			—			—		—
	Wheat	12,753			—			—		—
	Oats	31,691			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			278,697			—		—
	Corn oil	—			—			20,790		—
	Other	207			—			—		110
	Subtotal	348,745			278,697			20,790		110
	Exchange traded:
	Corn	197,405			—			—		—
	Soybeans	20,810			—			—		—
	Wheat	26,750			—			—		—
	Oats	8,335			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			82,194			—		—
	Subtotal	253,300			82,194			—		—
	Total	602,045			360,891			20,790		110
		31-Dec-13
	Commodity	Number of bushels			Number of gallons			Number of pounds		Number of tons
		(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
Non-exchange traded:
Corn	185,978			—			—		—
Soybeans	18,047			—			—		—
Wheat	11,485			—			—		—
Oats	27,939			—			—		—
Ethanol	—			179,212			—		—
Corn oil	—			—			25,911		—
Other	81			—			—		89
Subtotal	243,530			179,212			25,911		89
Exchange traded:
Corn	124,420			—			—		—
Soybeans	11,030			—			—		—
Wheat	23,980			—			—		—
Oats	6,820			—			—		—
Ethanol	—			21,630			—		—
Subtotal	166,250			21,630			—		—
Total	409,780			200,842			25,911		89
	31-Mar-13
Commodity	Number of bushels			Number of gallons			Number of pounds		Number of tons
	(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
Non-exchange traded:
Corn	236,725			—			—		—
Soybeans	14,639			—			—		—
Wheat	22,818			—			—		—
Oats	8,562			—			—		—
Ethanol	—			150,988			—		—
Corn oil	—			—			14,824		—
Other	173			—			—		102
Subtotal	282,917			150,988			14,824		102
Exchange traded:
Corn	140,030			—			—		—
Soybeans	9,575			—			—		—
Wheat	32,760			—			—		—
Oats	4,540			—			—		—
Ethanol	—			32,970			—		—
Subtotal	186,905			32,970			—		—
Total	469,822			183,958			14,824		102

Earnings_Per_Share

Earnings Per Share	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Earnings Per Share	'
	Earnings Per Share
	Unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends are participating securities and are included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for common stock and any participating securities according to dividends declared (whether paid or unpaid) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The Company’s nonvested restricted stock is considered a participating security since the share-based awards contain a non-forfeitable right to dividends irrespective of whether the awards ultimately vest.
	(in thousands, except per common share data)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014		2013
	Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$	22,708	$	12,578
	Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested restricted stock	104		49
	Earnings available to common shareholders	$	22,604	$	12,529
	Earnings per share – basic:
	Weighted average shares outstanding – basic	28,155		27,912
	Earnings per common share – basic	$	0.8	$	0.45
	Earnings per share – diluted:
	Weighted average shares outstanding – basic	28,155		27,912
	Effect of dilutive awards	69		150
	Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted	28,224		28,062
	Earnings per common share – diluted	$	0.8	$	0.45
	There were no antidilutive stock-based awards outstanding at March 31, 2014 or 2013.

Employee_Benefit_Plans

Employee Benefit Plans	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Employee Benefit Plans	'
	Employee Benefit Plans
	The following are components of the net periodic benefit cost for the pension and postretirement benefit plans maintained by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
		Pension Benefits
	(in thousands)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014			2013
	Service cost	$	43		$	—
	Interest cost	1,162			1,065
	Expected return on plan assets	(1,905		)	(1,755		)
	Recognized net actuarial loss	207			392
	Benefit income	$	(493	)	$	(298	)
		Postretirement Benefits
	(in thousands)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014			2013
	Service cost	$	187		$	224
	Interest cost	393			346
	Amortization of prior service cost	(136		)	(136		)
	Recognized net actuarial loss	229			359
	Benefit cost	$	673		$	793

Segment_Information

Segment Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Segment Information	'
	Segment Information
	The Company’s operations include six reportable business segments that are distinguished primarily on the basis of products and services offered. The Grain business includes grain merchandising, the operation of terminal grain elevator facilities and the investments in Lansing Trade Group, LLC (“LTG”) and the Thompsons Limited joint ventures. The Ethanol business purchases and sells ethanol and also manages the ethanol production facilities organized as limited liability companies, one of which is consolidated and three of which are investments accounted for under the equity method, and also has various service contracts for these investments. Rail operations include the leasing, marketing and fleet management of railcars and locomotives, railcar repair and metal fabrication. The Plant Nutrient business manufactures and distributes agricultural inputs, primarily fertilizer, to dealers and farmers. Turf & Specialty operations include the production and distribution of turf care and corncob-based products. The Retail business operates large retail stores, a specialty food market, a distribution center and a lawn and garden equipment sales and service facility. Included in “Other” are the corporate level amounts not attributable to an operating segment.
	The segment information below includes the allocation of expenses shared by one or more operating segments. Although management believes such allocations are reasonable, the operating information does not necessarily reflect how such data might appear if the segments were operated as separate businesses. Inter-segment sales are made at prices comparable to normal, unaffiliated customer sales.
		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014			2013
	(in thousands)
	Revenues from external customers
	Grain	$	583,159		$	836,495
	Ethanol	188,820			199,309
	Plant Nutrient	107,630			111,902
	Rail	52,302			46,364
	Turf & Specialty	43,725			47,187
	Retail	27,658			30,713
	Total	$	1,003,294		$	1,271,970
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Inter-segment sales
	Grain	$	—		$	332
	Plant Nutrient	7,367			7,697
	Rail	109			104
	Turf & Specialty	806			999
	Total	$	8,282		$	9,132
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Interest expense (income)
	Grain	$	2,775		$	3,849
	Ethanol	100			326
	Plant Nutrient	771			918
	Rail	1,656			1,513
	Turf & Specialty	418			402
	Retail	170			215
	Other	112			(819		)
	Total	$	6,002		$	6,404
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates, net
	Grain	$	1,884		$	7,910
	Ethanol	18,617			(106		)
	Total	$	20,501		$	7,804
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Other income (expense), net
	Grain (a)	$	18,346		$	571
	Ethanol	(226		)	231
	Plant Nutrient	185			(25		)
	Rail	710			946
	Turf & Specialty	307			275
	Retail	112			114
	Other	178			614
	Total	$	19,612		$	2,726
	(a) Increase is related to gain on LTG partial share redemption. See Note 8. Related Party Transactions for details of the LTG gain in 2014.
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Income (loss) before income taxes
	Grain	$	11,306		$	8,299
	Ethanol	19,824			2,479
	Plant Nutrient	(1,411		)	(562		)
Rail	15,045			14,574
Turf & Specialty	1,375			4,001
Retail	(2,335		)	(3,169		)
Other	(7,224		)	(3,965		)
Noncontrolling interests	3,321			(266		)
Total	$	39,901		$	21,391
(in thousands)	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013			March 31, 2013
Identifiable assets
Grain	$	979,608		$	921,914		$	1,025,350
Ethanol	224,931			229,797			209,666
Plant Nutrient	311,219			268,238			323,653
Rail	303,532			312,654			302,717
Turf & Specialty	110,538			89,939			97,842
Retail	47,710			44,910			53,668
Other	148,045			406,104			138,892
Total	$	2,125,583		$	2,273,556		$	2,151,788

Related_Party_Transactions

Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Related Party Transactions	'
	Related Party Transactions
	Equity Method Investments
	The Company, directly or indirectly, holds investments in companies that are accounted for under the equity method. The Company’s equity in these entities is presented at cost plus its accumulated proportional share of income or loss, less any distributions it has received.
	On January 22, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with LTG for a partial redemption of the Company's investment in LTG for $60 million. The redemption reduced the Company's interest in LTG from approximately 47.5 percent to approximately 39.2 percent on a fully diluted basis. A portion of the proceeds ($28.5 million) was considered a distribution of earnings and reduced the Company's cost basis in LTG. The difference between the remaining proceeds of $31.5 million and the new cost basis of the shares sold, net of deal costs, resulted in a book gain of $17.1 million ($10.7 million after tax). This gain was recorded in Other income, net for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
	In July 2013, the Company, along with Lansing Trade Group, LLC established joint ventures that acquired 100% of the stock of Thompsons Limited, including its investment in the related U.S. operating company, for a purchase price of $152 million, which included an adjustment for excess working capital. The purchase price included $48 million cash paid by the Company, $40 million cash paid by LTG, and $64 million of external debt at Thompsons Limited. As part of the purchase LTG also contributed a Canadian branch of its business to Thompsons Limited. Each Company owns 50% of the investment. Thompsons Limited is a grain and food-grade bean handler and agronomy input provider, headquartered in Blenheim, Ontario, and operates 12 locations across Ontario and Minnesota. The Company does not hold a majority of the outstanding shares of the Thompsons Limited joint ventures. All major operating decisions of these joint ventures are made by their Board of Directors, and the Company does not have a majority of the board seats. Due to these factors, the Company does not have control over these joint ventures and accounts for these investments under the equity method of accounting.
	The following table presents the Company’s investment balance in each of its equity method investees by entity:
	(in thousands)	March 31, 2014				December 31, 2013				March 31, 2013
	The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC (a)	$	31,867			$	40,194			$	31,169
	The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC (a)	40,412				44,418				32,900
	The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (a)	45,946				46,811				32,164
	Lansing Trade Group, LLC (b)	60,837				106,028				91,752
	Thompsons Limited (c)	49,520				49,833				—
	Other	3,814				3,825				2,392
	Total	$	232,396			$	291,109			$	190,377
	(a) Decrease in LLCs investment balance is due to cash distributions made during the first quarter of 2014, partially offset by strong earnings
	(b) Decrease in LTG investment balance is driven by the sale of a portion of the Company's interest in LTG during the first quarter of 2014
	(c) Thompsons Limited and related U.S. operating company held by joint ventures
	The Company holds a majority interest (66%) in The Andersons Ethanol Investment LLC (“TAEI”). This consolidated entity holds a 50% interest in The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (“TAME”). The noncontrolling interest in TAEI is attributed 34% of the gains and losses of TAME recorded by the Company.
	The following table summarizes income (losses) earned from the Company’s equity method investments by entity:
		% ownership at		Three months ended
		31-Mar-14		March 31,
	(in thousands)			2014				2013
	The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC	53%		$	4,943			$	944
	The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC	38%		5,539				(219		)
	The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC	50%		8,135				(832		)
	Lansing Trade Group, LLC	41% (a)		2,221				7,991
	Thompsons Limited (b)	50%		(313		)		—
	Other	5%-23%		(24		)		(80		)
	Total			$	20,501			$	7,804
	(a) This does not consider restricted management units which once vested will reduce the ownership percentage by approximately 2%
	(b) Thompsons Limited and related U.S. operating company held by joint ventures
	Total distributions received from unconsolidated affiliates, excluding proceeds on sale of investments of affiliates, were $65.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
	In the first quarter of 2013, LTG qualified as a significant subsidiary of the Company under the income test. The following table presents the required summarized unaudited financial information of this investment for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
	(in thousands)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014				2013
	Sales	$	2,222,994			$	2,553,145
	Gross profit	31,056				44,107
	Income before income taxes	8,002				17,117
	Net income	5,573				16,892
	Net income attributable to LTG	5,320				16,798
	Investment in Debt Securities
	The Company owns 100% of the cumulative convertible preferred shares of Iowa Northern Railway Corporation (“IANR”), which operates a short-line railroad in Iowa. As a result of this investment, the Company has a 49.9% voting interest in IANR, with the remaining 50.1% voting interest held by the common shareholders. The preferred shares have certain rights associated with them, including voting, dividends, liquidation, redemption and conversion. Dividends accrue to the Company at a rate of 14% annually whether or not declared by IANR and are cumulative in nature. The Company can convert its preferred shares into common shares of IANR at any time, but the shares cannot be redeemed until May 2015. This investment is accounted for as “available-for-sale” debt securities in accordance with ASC 320 and is carried at estimated fair value in “Other noncurrent assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in IANR as of March 31, 2014 was $20.5 million.
	Based on the Company’s assessment, IANR is considered a variable interest entity (“VIE”). Since the Company does not possess the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, it is not considered to be the primary beneficiary of IANR and therefore does not consolidate IANR. The decisions that most significantly impact the economic performance of IANR are made by IANR’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has five directors; two directors from the Company, two directors from the common shareholders and one independent director who is elected by unanimous decision of the other four directors. The vote of four of the five directors is required for all key decisions.
	The Company’s current maximum exposure to loss related to IANR is $26.5 million, which represents the Company’s investment at fair value plus unpaid accrued dividends to date of $6.0 million. The Company does not have any obligation or commitments to provide additional financial support to IANR.
	Related Party Transactions
	In the ordinary course of business, the Company will enter into related party transactions with each of the investments described above, along with other related parties. The following table sets forth the related party transactions entered into for the time periods presented:
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014				2013
	Sales revenues	$	221,994			$	309,705
	Service fee revenues (a)	5,638				5,801
	Purchases of product	155,015				161,955
	Lease income (b)	1,664				1,552
	Labor and benefits reimbursement (c)	2,868				2,643
	Other expenses (d)	486				358
	Accounts receivable at March 31 (e)	30,609				12,550
	Accounts payable at March 31 (f)	24,454				24,967
	(a)	Service fee revenues include management fee, corn origination fee, ethanol and DDG marketing fees, and other commissions.
	(b)	Lease income includes the lease of the Company’s Albion, Michigan and Clymers, Indiana grain facilities as well as certain railcars to the various ethanol LLCs and IANR.
	(c)	The Company provides all operational labor to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs and charges them an amount equal to the Company’s costs of the related services.
	(d)	Other expenses include payments to IANR for repair facility rent and use of their railroad reporting mark, payment to LTG for the lease of railcars and other various expenses.
	(e)	Accounts receivable represents amounts due from related parties for sales of corn, leasing revenue and service fees.
(f)	Accounts payable represents amounts due to related parties for purchases of ethanol and other various items.
For the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, revenues recognized for the sale of ethanol that the Company purchased from the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs were $144.3 million and $145.8 million, respectively. For the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, revenues recognized for the sale of corn to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs under these agreements were $117.2 million and $204.9 million, respectively.
From time to time, the Company enters into derivative contracts with certain of its related parties for the purchase and sale of corn and ethanol, for similar price risk mitigation purposes and on similar terms as the purchase and sale derivative contracts it enters into with unrelated parties. The fair value of derivative contract assets with related parties for the periods ended March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 was $24.0 million, $8.9 million, and $5.0 million, respectively. The fair value of derivative contract liabilities with related parties for the periods ended March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 was $10.3 million, $1.2 million, and $0.8 million, respectively.

Fair_Value_Measurements

Fair Value Measurements	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]	'
Fair Value Measurements	'
	Fair Value Measurements
	The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013:
	(in thousands)	March 31, 2014
	Assets (liabilities)	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
	Cash equivalents	$	25,821		$	—		$	—		$	25,821
	Restricted cash	652			—			—			652
	Commodity derivatives, net (a)	82,626			5,182			—			87,808
	Convertible preferred securities (b)	—			—			20,530			20,530
	Other assets and liabilities (c)	10,960			(951		)	—			10,009
	Total	$	120,059		$	4,231		$	20,530		$	144,820
	(in thousands)	December 31, 2013
	Assets (liabilities)	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
	Cash equivalents	$	97,751		$	—		$	—		$	97,751
	Restricted cash	408			—			—			408
	Commodity derivatives, net (a)	50,777			(49,810		)	—			967
	Convertible preferred securities (b)	—			—			25,720			25,720
	Other assets and liabilities (c)	10,143			(159		)	—			9,984
	Total	$	159,079		$	(49,969	)	$	25,720		$	134,830
	(in thousands)	March 31, 2013
	Assets (liabilities)	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
	Cash equivalents	$	49,202		$	—		$	—		$	49,202
	Restricted cash	635			—			—			635
	Commodity derivatives, net (a)	110,581			(5,066		)	—			105,515
	Convertible preferred securities (b)	—			—			17,710			17,710
	Other assets and liabilities (c)	8,861			(1,784		)	—			7,077
	Total	$	169,279		$	(6,850	)	$	17,710		$	180,139
	(a)	Includes associated cash posted/received as collateral
	(b)	Recorded in “Other noncurrent assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
	(c)	Included in other assets and liabilities are interest rate and foreign currency derivatives and swaptions (Level 2) and deferred compensation assets (Level 1)
	Level 1 commodity derivatives reflect the fair value of the exchanged-traded futures and options contracts that the Company holds, net of the cash collateral that the Company has in its margin account.
	The majority of the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value are based on the market approach valuation technique. With the market approach, fair value is derived using prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities.
	The Company’s net commodity derivatives primarily consist of futures or options contracts via regulated exchanges and contracts with producers or customers under which the future settlement date and bushels (or gallons in the case of ethanol contracts) of commodities to be delivered (primarily wheat, corn, soybeans and ethanol) are fixed and under which the price may or may not be fixed. Depending on the specifics of the individual contracts, the fair value is derived from the futures or options prices on the CME or the New York Mercantile Exchange for similar commodities and delivery dates as well as observable quotes for local basis adjustments (the difference, which is attributable to local market conditions, between the quoted futures price and the local cash price). Because “basis” for a particular commodity and location typically has multiple quoted prices from other agribusinesses in the same geographical vicinity and is used as a common pricing mechanism in the Agribusiness industry, we have concluded that “basis” is a Level 2 fair value input for purposes of the fair value disclosure requirements related to our commodity derivatives. Although nonperformance risk, both of the Company and the counterparty, is present in each of these commodity contracts and is a component of the estimated fair values, based on the Company’s historical experience with its producers and customers and the Company’s knowledge of their businesses, the Company does not view nonperformance risk to be a significant input to fair value for these commodity contracts.
	The Company’s convertible preferred securities are measured at fair value using a combination of the income and market approaches. Specifically, the income approach incorporates the use of the Discounted Cash Flow method, whereas the Market Approach incorporates the use of the Guideline Public Company method. Application of the Discounted Cash Flow method requires estimating the annual cash flows that the business enterprise is expected to generate in the future. The assumptions input into this method are estimated annual cash flows for a specified estimation period, the discount rate, and the terminal value at the end of the estimation period. In the Guideline Public Company method, valuation multiples, including total invested capital, are calculated based on financial statements and stock price data from selected guideline publicly traded companies. On an annual basis, a comparative analysis is then performed for factors including, but not limited to size, profitability and growth to determine fair value.
	A reconciliation of beginning and ending balances for the Company’s fair value measurements using Level 3 inputs is as follows:
		2014			2013
	(in thousands)	Convertible			Convertible
		preferred			preferred
		securities			securities
	Asset (liability) at December 31,	$	25,720		$	17,220
	Unrealized gains included in other comprehensive income	(5,190		)	490
	Asset at March 31,	$	20,530		$	17,710
	The following table summarizes information about the Company's Level 3 fair value measurements as of March 31, 2014:
	Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
								Range
	(in thousands)	Fair Value as of March 31, 2014			Valuation Method		Unobservable Input	Low		High			Weighted Average
	Convertible Preferred Securities	$	20,530		Market Approach		EBITDA Multiples	7.5		8			7.75
					Income Approach		Discount Rate	14.5	%	14.5	%		14.5	%
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt is estimated using quoted market prices or discounted future cash flows based on the Company’s current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements. As such, the Company has concluded that the fair value of long-term debt is considered Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
	(in thousands)	March 31,			December 31,
		2014			2013
	Fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities	$	400,495		$	429,723
	Fair value in excess of carrying value	3,574			2,512
	The fair value of the Company’s cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their carrying value as they are close to maturity.

Debt

Debt	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Debt	'
	Debt
	The Company is party to borrowing arrangements with a syndicate of banks. One such agreement was amended on March 4, 2014 and provides the Company with $850 million in lines of credit. The Company can designate up to $400 million of borrowings as long-term when the debt is used for long-term purposes such as replacing long-term debt that is maturing, funding the purchase of long-term assets, or increasing permanent working capital when needed. The maturity date for the lines of credit is March 2019. See Note 10 in the Company’s 2013 Form 10-K for an additional description of the remaining arrangements. Total borrowing capacity for the Company under all lines of credit is currently at $878.1 million, including $28.1 million non-recourse debt of The Andersons Denison Ethanol LLC ("TADE"). At March 31, 2014, the Company had a total of $621.6 million available for borrowing under its lines of credit. The Company was in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants as of March 31, 2014.
	The Company’s short-term and long-term debt at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 consisted of the following:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Borrowings under short-term line of credit – nonrecourse	$	—	$	—	$	8,400
	Borrowings under short-term line of credit – recourse	226,100		—		283,700
	Total borrowings under short-term line of credit	$	226,100	$	—	$	292,100
	Current maturities of long-term debt – nonrecourse	$	6,012	$	6,012	$	3,271
	Current maturities of long-term debt – recourse	84,748		45,986		39,781
	Total current maturities of long-term debt	$	90,760	$	51,998	$	43,052
	Long-term debt, less current maturities – nonrecourse	$	3,288	$	4,063	$	24,141
	Long-term debt, less current maturities – recourse	302,873		371,150		388,559
	Total long-term debt, less current maturities	$	306,161	$	375,213	$	412,700

Commitments_and_Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Commitments and Contingencies	'
	Commitments and Contingencies
	The Company is party to litigation, or threats thereof, both as defendant and plaintiff with some regularity, although individual cases that are material in size occur infrequently. As a defendant, the Company establishes reserves for claimed amounts that are considered probable, and capable of estimation. If those cases are resolved for lesser amounts, the excess reserves are taken into income and, conversely, if those cases are resolved for larger than the amount the Company has accrued, the Company records additional expense. The Company believes it is unlikely that the results of its current legal proceedings for which it is the defendant, even if unfavorable, will be material. As a plaintiff, amounts that are collected can also result in sudden, non-recurring income. Litigation results depend upon a variety of factors, including the availability of evidence, the credibility of witnesses, the performance of counsel, the state of the law, and the impressions of judges and jurors, any of which can be critical in importance, yet difficult, if not impossible, to predict. Consequently, cases currently pending, or future matters, may result in unexpected, and non-recurring losses, or income, from time to time. Finally, litigation results are often subject to judicial reconsideration, appeal and further negotiation by the parties, and as a result, the final impact of a particular judicial decision may be unknown for some time, or may result in continued reserves to account for the potential of such post-verdict actions. In 2013, the Company recorded a $3.5 million gain in other income related to the settlement of an early rail lease termination.
	The estimated range of loss for all outstanding claims that are considered reasonably possible of occurring is not material. The Company has received, and is cooperating fully with, a request for information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) regarding the history of our grain and fertilizer facility along the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. The U.S. EPA is investigating the possible introduction into the Maumee River of hazardous materials potentially leaching from rouge piles deposited along the riverfront by glass manufacturing operations that existed in the area prior to our initial acquisition of the land in 1960. The Company has on several prior occasions cooperated with local, state and federal regulators to install or improve drainage systems to contain storm water runoff and sewer discharges along our riverfront property to minimize the potential for such leaching. Other area land owners and the successor to the original glass making operations have also been contacted by the U.S. EPA for information. No claim or finding has been asserted thus far.

Business_Acquisitions

Business Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Business Combinations [Abstract]	'
Business Combinations	'
	Business Acquisitions
	There were no business acquisitions completed in the first quarter of 2014.
	Prior Year Business Acquisitions
	On December 9, 2013, the Turf and Specialty Group completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Cycle Group, Inc. for a purchase price of $4.2 million. The operation consists of a modern granulated products facility in Mocksville, North Carolina.
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Inventory	$	77
	Intangible assets	330
	Property, plant and equipment	3,825
	Total purchase price	$	4,232
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Customer relationships	$	150		5 years
	Noncompete agreement	55			7 years
	Patents	125			5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	330		5 years *
	*weighted average number of years
	On August 5, 2013, the Company completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Mile Rail, LLC and a sister entity for a purchase price of $7.8 million. The operations consist of a railcar repair and cleaning facility headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with 2 satellite locations in Nebraska and Indiana.
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Inventory	$	512
	Other assets	14
	Intangible assets	650
	Goodwill	4,167
	Property, plant and equipment	2,605
	Other liabilities	(144		)
	Total purchase price	$	7,804
	The goodwill recognized as a result of the Mile Rail acquisition is $4.2 million, which is fully deductible for tax purposes, and is included in the Rail segment. The goodwill relates to geography that is complimentary to the Rail Group's existing repair network and from its additional connections to several U.S. Class I railroads, from which we anticipate future growth and capacity to generate gross profit.
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Customer relationships	$	400		5 years
	Noncompete agreement	250			5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	650		5 years *
	*weighted average number of years
	On December 3, 2012, the Company completed the purchase of a majority of the grain and agronomy assets of Green Plains Grain Company ("GPG"), a subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. for a purchase price of $120.2 million, which included a $3.3 million payable to the acquiree that was outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and paid in January 2013. The various facilities located in Iowa and Tennessee have a combined grain storage capacity of more than 32.0 million bushels and 12,000 tons of nutrient storage.
	During the first quarter of 2013, the purchase price allocation for Green Plains Grain Company, which was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2012, was finalized. The measurement period adjustments to the purchase price allocation were the result of additional information obtained since the filing of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. December 31, 2012 balances have been revised to include the effect of the adjustment as if the additional information had been available on the acquisition date. Due to these revision of estimates, goodwill increased $3 million with the majority of the offset to intangible assets.
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Accounts receivable	$	19,174
	Inventory	121,983
	Property, plant and equipment	57,828
	Intangible assets	4,600
	Goodwill	33,175
	Commodity derivatives	4,701
	Other assets	1,775
	Accounts payable	(91,001		)
	Debt assumed	(29,632		)
	Other liabilities and noncontrolling interests	(2,371		)
	Total purchase price	$	120,232
	The goodwill recognized as a result of the GPG acquisition is $33.2 million, for which the full amount is deductible for tax purposes, and is included in the Grain reportable segment. The goodwill relates to the value of a fully functional business consisting of a successful management team and an experienced and talented work force.
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Supplier relationships	$	4,600		3 to 5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	4,600		4 years *
	*weighted average number of years

Income_Taxes

Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Income Taxes	'
	Income Taxes
	For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the income tax effective rate was 34.8%. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the income tax effective rate was 42.4%. The higher 2013 effective tax rate was due primarily to a correction made with respect to the accounting for the other comprehensive income (“OCI”) portion of the Company’s retiree health care plan liability and the Medicare Part D subsidy. The 2014 effective tax rate also reflects a benefit associated with income attributable to noncontrolling interests that does not increase tax expense.
	The Company's 2013 income tax provision includes deferred tax expense of $1.4 million due to a correction of other comprehensive income related to the portion of the Company's retiree health care plan liability and the Medicare Part D subsidy. The correction related to the years 2009 through 2012 and was recorded during the first quarter of 2013. The impact of this error on amounts previously reported was determined to be immaterial to the Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result of the correction of the error, deferred income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased and accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased by $1.4 million.

Accumulated_Other_Comprehensiv

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Notes)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]	'
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	'
	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	The following tables summarize the after-tax components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
	Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (a)
				For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	(in thousands)			Losses on Cash Flow Hedges				Investment in Debt Securities			Defined Benefit Plan Items			Total
	Beginning Balance			$	(637	)		$	7,861		$	(28,405	)	$	(21,181	)
		Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		69				(3,232		)	272			(2,891		)
		Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss		—				—			(85		)	(85		)
	Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)			69				(3,232		)	187			(2,976		)
	Ending balance			$	(568	)		$	4,629		$	(28,218	)	$	(24,157	)
	Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (a)
				For the three months ended March 31, 2013
	(in thousands)			Losses on Cash Flow Hedges				Investment in Debt Securities			Defined Benefit Plan Items			Total
	Beginning Balance			$	(902	)		$	2,569		$	(47,046	)	$	(45,379	)
		Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		30				303			1,854			2,187
		Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		—				—			(85		)	(85		)
	Net current-period other comprehensive income			30				303			1,769			2,102
	Ending balance			$	(872	)		$	2,872		$	(45,277	)	$	(43,277	)
	(a) All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicates debits
	The following tables show the reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income for the three months ended March 31, 2014:
	Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) (a)
	(in thousands)		For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components		Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income				Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Income Is Presented
	Defined Benefit Plan Items
	Amortization of prior-service cost		$	(136	)		(b)
			(136		)		Total before tax
			51				Tax expense
			$	(85	)		Net of tax
	Total reclassifications for the period		$	(85	)		Net of tax
	Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) (a)
	(in thousands)		For the three months ended March 31, 2013
	Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components		Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income				Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Income Is Presented
	Defined Benefit Plan Items
	Amortization of prior-service cost		$	(136	)		(b)
			(136		)		Total before tax
			51				Tax expense
			$	(85	)		Net of tax
	Total reclassifications for the period		$	(85	)		Net of tax
	(a) Amounts in parentheses indicate debits to profit/loss
	(b) This accumulated other comprehensive income component is included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 6. Employee Benefit Plans footnote for additional details).

Inventories_Tables

Inventories (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Inventory, Net [Abstract]	'
Classes of inventories	'
	Major classes of inventories are as follows:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Grain	$	488,492	$	432,893	$	507,927
	Ethanol and by-products	17,658		14,453		25,531
	Agricultural fertilizer and supplies	151,144		100,593		157,882
	Lawn and garden fertilizer and corncob products	37,218		39,960		30,343
	Retail merchandise	26,205		22,505		28,097
	Railcar repair parts	4,661		4,312		3,469
	Other	206		207		129
		$	725,584	$	614,923	$	753,378

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_T

Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'
Components of property, plant and equipment	'
	The components of property, plant and equipment are as follows:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Land	$	21,906	$	21,801	$	22,637
	Land improvements and leasehold improvements	67,876		67,153		64,972
	Buildings and storage facilities	234,109		231,976		219,500
	Machinery and equipment	309,283		308,215		290,930
	Software	13,403		13,351		13,464
	Construction in progress	52,200		48,135		38,893
		698,777		690,631		650,396
	Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	312,645		303,173		286,089
		$	386,132	$	387,458	$	364,307
Components of railcar assets leased to others	'
	The components of Railcar assets leased to others are as follows:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Railcar assets leased to others	$	316,520	$	317,750	$	325,633
	Less: accumulated depreciation	78,986		77,129		80,927
		$	237,534	$	240,621	$	244,706

Derivatives_Tables

Derivatives (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Estimated fair value of Company's commodity derivative instruments for cash collateral and associated cash as collateral	'
	The net asset or liability positions of these derivatives (net of their cash collateral) are determined on a counterparty-by-counterparty basis and are included within short-term commodity derivative assets (or liabilities) on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
		March 31, 2014							December 31, 2013						March 31, 2013
	(in thousands)	Net				Net			Net			Net			Net			Net
		derivative				derivative			derivative			derivative			derivative			derivative
		asset				liability			asset			liability			asset			liability
		position				position			position			position			position			position
	Collateral paid	$	142,791			$	—		$	15,480		$	—		$	73,033		$	—
	Fair value of derivatives	(88,498		)		—			31,055			—			35,403			—
	Balance at end of period	$	54,293			$	—		$	46,535		$	—		$	108,436		$	—
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value	'
	The following table presents, on a gross basis, current and noncurrent commodity derivative assets and liabilities:
		31-Mar-14
	(in thousands)	Commodity derivative assets - current				Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent			Commodity derivative liabilities - current			Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent			Total
	Commodity derivative assets	$	86,512			$	1,543		$	4,552		$	308		$	92,915
	Commodity derivative liabilities	(109,973		)		(178		)	(36,705		)	(1,042		)	(147,898		)
	Cash collateral	142,791				—			—			—			142,791
	Balance sheet line item totals	$	119,330			$	1,365		$	(32,153	)	$	(734	)	$	87,808
		31-Dec-13
	(in thousands)	Commodity derivative assets - current				Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent			Commodity derivative liabilities - current			Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent			Total
	Commodity derivative assets	$	69,289			$	246		$	1,286		$	49		$	70,870
	Commodity derivative liabilities	(13,450		)		—			(65,240		)	(6,693		)	(85,383		)
	Cash collateral	15,480				—			—			—			15,480
	Balance sheet line item totals	$	71,319			$	246		$	(63,954	)	$	(6,644	)	$	967
		31-Mar-13
	(in thousands)	Commodity derivative assets - current				Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent			Commodity derivative liabilities - current			Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent			Total
	Commodity derivative assets	$	101,833			$	834		$	3,898		$	19		$	106,584
	Commodity derivative liabilities	(16,787		)		(21		)	(54,055		)	(3,239		)	(74,102		)
	Cash collateral	73,033				—			—			—			73,033
	Balance sheet line item totals	$	158,079			$	813		$	(50,157	)	$	(3,220	)	$	105,515
Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income gains and location of line items	'
	The gains included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and the line items in which they are located for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014				2013
	Gains (losses) on commodity derivatives included in sales and merchandising revenues	$	(53,686	)		$	36,368
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'
	he Company had the following volume of commodity derivative contracts outstanding (on a gross basis) at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013:
		31-Mar-14
	Commodity	Number of bushels			Number of gallons			Number of pounds		Number of tons
		(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
	Non-exchange traded:
	Corn	274,762			—			—		—
	Soybeans	29,332			—			—		—
	Wheat	12,753			—			—		—
	Oats	31,691			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			278,697			—		—
	Corn oil	—			—			20,790		—
	Other	207			—			—		110
	Subtotal	348,745			278,697			20,790		110
	Exchange traded:
	Corn	197,405			—			—		—
	Soybeans	20,810			—			—		—
	Wheat	26,750			—			—		—
	Oats	8,335			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			82,194			—		—
	Subtotal	253,300			82,194			—		—
	Total	602,045			360,891			20,790		110
		31-Dec-13
	Commodity	Number of bushels			Number of gallons			Number of pounds		Number of tons
		(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
	Non-exchange traded:
	Corn	185,978			—			—		—
	Soybeans	18,047			—			—		—
	Wheat	11,485			—			—		—
	Oats	27,939			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			179,212			—		—
	Corn oil	—			—			25,911		—
	Other	81			—			—		89
	Subtotal	243,530			179,212			25,911		89
	Exchange traded:
	Corn	124,420			—			—		—
	Soybeans	11,030			—			—		—
	Wheat	23,980			—			—		—
	Oats	6,820			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			21,630			—		—
	Subtotal	166,250			21,630			—		—
	Total	409,780			200,842			25,911		89
		31-Mar-13
	Commodity	Number of bushels			Number of gallons			Number of pounds		Number of tons
		(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
	Non-exchange traded:
	Corn	236,725			—			—		—
	Soybeans	14,639			—			—		—
	Wheat	22,818			—			—		—
	Oats	8,562			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			150,988			—		—
	Corn oil	—			—			14,824		—
	Other	173			—			—		102
	Subtotal	282,917			150,988			14,824		102
	Exchange traded:
	Corn	140,030			—			—		—
	Soybeans	9,575			—			—		—
	Wheat	32,760			—			—		—
	Oats	4,540			—			—		—
	Ethanol	—			32,970			—		—
	Subtotal	186,905			32,970			—		—
	Total	469,822			183,958			14,824		102

Earnings_Per_Share_Tables

Earnings Per Share (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Earnings per share	'
	(in thousands, except per common share data)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014		2013
	Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$	22,708	$	12,578
	Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested restricted stock	104		49
	Earnings available to common shareholders	$	22,604	$	12,529
	Earnings per share – basic:
	Weighted average shares outstanding – basic	28,155		27,912
	Earnings per common share – basic	$	0.8	$	0.45
	Earnings per share – diluted:
	Weighted average shares outstanding – basic	28,155		27,912
	Effect of dilutive awards	69		150
	Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted	28,224		28,062
	Earnings per common share – diluted	$	0.8	$	0.45

Employee_Benefit_Plans_Tables

Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Pension Benefits	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures	'
	or the pension and postretirement benefit plans maintained by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
		Pension Benefits
	(in thousands)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014			2013
	Service cost	$	43		$	—
	Interest cost	1,162			1,065
	Expected return on plan assets	(1,905		)	(1,755		)
	Recognized net actuarial loss	207			392
	Benefit income	$	(493	)	$	(298	)
Postretirement Benefits	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures	'

Segment_Information_Tables

Segment Information (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Segment Information	'
		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014			2013
	(in thousands)
	Revenues from external customers
	Grain	$	583,159		$	836,495
	Ethanol	188,820			199,309
	Plant Nutrient	107,630			111,902
	Rail	52,302			46,364
	Turf & Specialty	43,725			47,187
	Retail	27,658			30,713
	Total	$	1,003,294		$	1,271,970
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Inter-segment sales
	Grain	$	—		$	332
	Plant Nutrient	7,367			7,697
	Rail	109			104
	Turf & Specialty	806			999
	Total	$	8,282		$	9,132
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Interest expense (income)
	Grain	$	2,775		$	3,849
	Ethanol	100			326
	Plant Nutrient	771			918
	Rail	1,656			1,513
	Turf & Specialty	418			402
	Retail	170			215
	Other	112			(819		)
	Total	$	6,002		$	6,404
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates, net
	Grain	$	1,884		$	7,910
	Ethanol	18,617			(106		)
	Total	$	20,501		$	7,804
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Other income (expense), net
	Grain (a)	$	18,346		$	571
	Ethanol	(226		)	231
	Plant Nutrient	185			(25		)
	Rail	710			946
	Turf & Specialty	307			275
	Retail	112			114
	Other	178			614
	Total	$	19,612		$	2,726
	(a) Increase is related to gain on LTG partial share redemption. See Note 8. Related Party Transactions for details of the LTG gain in 2014.
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014			2013
	Income (loss) before income taxes
	Grain	$	11,306		$	8,299
	Ethanol	19,824			2,479
	Plant Nutrient	(1,411		)	(562		)
	Rail	15,045			14,574
	Turf & Specialty	1,375			4,001
	Retail	(2,335		)	(3,169		)
Other	(7,224		)	(3,965		)
Noncontrolling interests	3,321			(266		)
Total	$	39,901		$	21,391
(in thousands)	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013			March 31, 2013
Identifiable assets
Grain	$	979,608		$	921,914		$	1,025,350
Ethanol	224,931			229,797			209,666
Plant Nutrient	311,219			268,238			323,653
Rail	303,532			312,654			302,717
Turf & Specialty	110,538			89,939			97,842
Retail	47,710			44,910			53,668
Other	148,045			406,104			138,892
Total	$	2,125,583		$	2,273,556		$	2,151,788

Related_Party_Transactions_Tab

Related Party Transactions (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Company's investment balance in each of its equity method investees by entity	'
	The following table presents the Company’s investment balance in each of its equity method investees by entity:
	(in thousands)	March 31, 2014				December 31, 2013				March 31, 2013
	The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC (a)	$	31,867			$	40,194			$	31,169
	The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC (a)	40,412				44,418				32,900
	The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (a)	45,946				46,811				32,164
	Lansing Trade Group, LLC (b)	60,837				106,028				91,752
	Thompsons Limited (c)	49,520				49,833				—
	Other	3,814				3,825				2,392
	Total	$	232,396			$	291,109			$	190,377
Income (loss) earned from the Company's equity method investments by entity	'
	he following table summarizes income (losses) earned from the Company’s equity method investments by entity:
		% ownership at		Three months ended
		31-Mar-14		March 31,
	(in thousands)			2014				2013
	The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC	53%		$	4,943			$	944
	The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC	38%		5,539				(219		)
	The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC	50%		8,135				(832		)
	Lansing Trade Group, LLC	41% (a)		2,221				7,991
	Thompsons Limited (b)	50%		(313		)		—
	Other	5%-23%		(24		)		(80		)
	Total			$	20,501			$	7,804
	(a) This does not consider restricted management units which once vested will reduce the ownership percentage by approximately 2%
Schedule Of Summarized Unaudited Financial Information Of Equity Method Investment [Table Text Block]	'
	In the first quarter of 2013, LTG qualified as a significant subsidiary of the Company under the income test. The following table presents the required summarized unaudited financial information of this investment for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
	(in thousands)	Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014				2013
	Sales	$	2,222,994			$	2,553,145
	Gross profit	31,056				44,107
	Income before income taxes	8,002				17,117
	Net income	5,573				16,892
	Net income attributable to LTG	5,320				16,798
Schedule of aggregate summarized financial information of subsidiaries	'
	The following table sets forth the related party transactions entered into for the time periods presented:
		Three months ended
		March 31,
	(in thousands)	2014				2013
	Sales revenues	$	221,994			$	309,705
	Service fee revenues (a)	5,638				5,801
	Purchases of product	155,015				161,955
	Lease income (b)	1,664				1,552
	Labor and benefits reimbursement (c)	2,868				2,643
	Other expenses (d)	486				358
	Accounts receivable at March 31 (e)	30,609				12,550
	Accounts payable at March 31 (f)	24,454				24,967
	(a)	Service fee revenues include management fee, corn origination fee, ethanol and DDG marketing fees, and other commissions.
	(b)	Lease income includes the lease of the Company’s Albion, Michigan and Clymers, Indiana grain facilities as well as certain railcars to the various ethanol LLCs and IANR.
	(c)	The Company provides all operational labor to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs and charges them an amount equal to the Company’s costs of the related services.
	(d)	Other expenses include payments to IANR for repair facility rent and use of their railroad reporting mark, payment to LTG for the lease of railcars and other various expenses.
	(e)	Accounts receivable represents amounts due from related parties for sales of corn, leasing revenue and service fees.
	(f)	Accounts payable represents amounts due to related parties for purchases of ethanol and other various items.

Fair_Value_Measurements_Tables

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]	'
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis	'
	The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013:
	(in thousands)	March 31, 2014
	Assets (liabilities)	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
	Cash equivalents	$	25,821		$	—		$	—		$	25,821
	Restricted cash	652			—			—			652
	Commodity derivatives, net (a)	82,626			5,182			—			87,808
	Convertible preferred securities (b)	—			—			20,530			20,530
	Other assets and liabilities (c)	10,960			(951		)	—			10,009
	Total	$	120,059		$	4,231		$	20,530		$	144,820
	(in thousands)	December 31, 2013
	Assets (liabilities)	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
	Cash equivalents	$	97,751		$	—		$	—		$	97,751
	Restricted cash	408			—			—			408
	Commodity derivatives, net (a)	50,777			(49,810		)	—			967
	Convertible preferred securities (b)	—			—			25,720			25,720
	Other assets and liabilities (c)	10,143			(159		)	—			9,984
	Total	$	159,079		$	(49,969	)	$	25,720		$	134,830
	(in thousands)	March 31, 2013
	Assets (liabilities)	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
	Cash equivalents	$	49,202		$	—		$	—		$	49,202
	Restricted cash	635			—			—			635
	Commodity derivatives, net (a)	110,581			(5,066		)	—			105,515
	Convertible preferred securities (b)	—			—			17,710			17,710
	Other assets and liabilities (c)	8,861			(1,784		)	—			7,077
	Total	$	169,279		$	(6,850	)	$	17,710		$	180,139
	(a)	Includes associated cash posted/received as collateral
	(b)	Recorded in “Other noncurrent assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
	(c)	Included in other assets and liabilities are interest rate and foreign currency derivatives and swaptions (Level 2) and deferred compensation assets (Level 1)
Beginning and ending balances for the Company's fair value measurements using Level 3 inputs	'
	A reconciliation of beginning and ending balances for the Company’s fair value measurements using Level 3 inputs is as follows:
		2014			2013
	(in thousands)	Convertible			Convertible
		preferred			preferred
		securities			securities
	Asset (liability) at December 31,	$	25,720		$	17,220
	Unrealized gains included in other comprehensive income	(5,190		)	490
	Asset at March 31,	$	20,530		$	17,710
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information	'
	The following table summarizes information about the Company's Level 3 fair value measurements as of March 31, 2014:
	Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
								Range
	(in thousands)	Fair Value as of March 31, 2014			Valuation Method		Unobservable Input	Low		High			Weighted Average
	Convertible Preferred Securities	$	20,530		Market Approach		EBITDA Multiples	7.5		8			7.75
					Income Approach		Discount Rate	14.5	%	14.5	%		14.5	%
Fair value of long-term debt estimated using quoted market prices or discounted future cash flows	'
	(in thousands)	March 31,			December 31,
		2014			2013
	Fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities	$	400,495		$	429,723
	Fair value in excess of carrying value	3,574			2,512

Debt_Tables

Debt (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Long-term debt	'
	The Company’s short-term and long-term debt at March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 consisted of the following:
	(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2013
	Borrowings under short-term line of credit – nonrecourse	$	—	$	—	$	8,400
	Borrowings under short-term line of credit – recourse	226,100		—		283,700
	Total borrowings under short-term line of credit	$	226,100	$	—	$	292,100
	Current maturities of long-term debt – nonrecourse	$	6,012	$	6,012	$	3,271
	Current maturities of long-term debt – recourse	84,748		45,986		39,781
	Total current maturities of long-term debt	$	90,760	$	51,998	$	43,052
	Long-term debt, less current maturities – nonrecourse	$	3,288	$	4,063	$	24,141
	Long-term debt, less current maturities – recourse	302,873		371,150		388,559
	Total long-term debt, less current maturities	$	306,161	$	375,213	$	412,700

Business_Acquisitions_Business

Business Acquisitions Business Acquisitions (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Cycle Group, Inc.	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]	'
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Inventory	$	77
	Intangible assets	330
	Property, plant and equipment	3,825
	Total purchase price	$	4,232
Schedule Of Intangible Assets Acquired As Part Of Business Combination	'
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Customer relationships	$	150		5 years
	Noncompete agreement	55			7 years
	Patents	125			5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	330		5 years *
	*weighted average number of years
Mile Rail	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]	'
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Inventory	$	512
	Other assets	14
	Intangible assets	650
	Goodwill	4,167
	Property, plant and equipment	2,605
	Other liabilities	(144		)
	Total purchase price	$	7,804
Schedule Of Intangible Assets Acquired As Part Of Business Combination	'
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Customer relationships	$	400		5 years
	Noncompete agreement	250			5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	650		5 years *
Green Plains Grain Company	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]	'
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Accounts receivable	$	19,174
	Inventory	121,983
	Property, plant and equipment	57,828
	Intangible assets	4,600
	Goodwill	33,175
	Commodity derivatives	4,701
	Other assets	1,775
	Accounts payable	(91,001		)
	Debt assumed	(29,632		)
	Other liabilities and noncontrolling interests	(2,371		)
	Total purchase price	$	120,232
Schedule Of Intangible Assets Acquired As Part Of Business Combination	'
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Supplier relationships	$	4,600		3 to 5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	4,600		4 years *
	*weighted average number of years

Accumulated_Other_Comprehensiv1

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	'
	The following tables summarize the after-tax components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
	Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (a)
				For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	(in thousands)			Losses on Cash Flow Hedges				Investment in Debt Securities			Defined Benefit Plan Items			Total
	Beginning Balance			$	(637	)		$	7,861		$	(28,405	)	$	(21,181	)
		Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		69				(3,232		)	272			(2,891		)
		Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss		—				—			(85		)	(85		)
	Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)			69				(3,232		)	187			(2,976		)
	Ending balance			$	(568	)		$	4,629		$	(28,218	)	$	(24,157	)
	Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (a)
				For the three months ended March 31, 2013
	(in thousands)			Losses on Cash Flow Hedges				Investment in Debt Securities			Defined Benefit Plan Items			Total
	Beginning Balance			$	(902	)		$	2,569		$	(47,046	)	$	(45,379	)
		Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		30				303			1,854			2,187
		Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		—				—			(85		)	(85		)
	Net current-period other comprehensive income			30				303			1,769			2,102
	Ending balance			$	(872	)		$	2,872		$	(45,277	)	$	(43,277	)
	(a) All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicates debits
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	'
	The following tables show the reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income for the three months ended March 31, 2014:
	Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) (a)
	(in thousands)		For the three months ended March 31, 2014
	Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components		Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income				Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Income Is Presented
	Defined Benefit Plan Items
	Amortization of prior-service cost		$	(136	)		(b)
			(136		)		Total before tax
			51				Tax expense
			$	(85	)		Net of tax
	Total reclassifications for the period		$	(85	)		Net of tax
	Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) (a)
	(in thousands)		For the three months ended March 31, 2013
	Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components		Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income				Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Income Is Presented
	Defined Benefit Plan Items
	Amortization of prior-service cost		$	(136	)		(b)
			(136		)		Total before tax
			51				Tax expense
			$	(85	)		Net of tax
	Total reclassifications for the period		$	(85	)		Net of tax
	(a) Amounts in parentheses indicate debits to profit/loss
	(b) This accumulated other comprehensive income component is included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 6. Employee Benefit Plans footnote for additional details).

Inventories_Details

Inventories (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	bu	bu	bu
Inventory, Net [Abstract]	'	'	'
Grain	$488,492	$432,893	$507,927
Ethanol and by-products	17,658	14,453	25,531
Agricultural fertilizer and supplies	151,144	100,593	157,882
Lawn and garden fertilizer and corncob products	37,218	39,960	30,343
Retail merchandise	26,205	22,505	28,097
Railcar repair parts	4,661	4,312	3,469
Other	206	207	129
Total inventories	$725,584	$614,923	$753,378
Bushels of grain held in storage and excluded from inventory calculations	5,600,000	13,300,000	17,700,000

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_D

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Components of property, plant and equipment	'	'	'
Land	$21,906	$21,801	$22,637
Land improvements and leasehold improvements	67,876	67,153	64,972
Buildings and storage facilities	234,109	231,976	219,500
Machinery and equipment	309,283	308,215	290,930
Software	13,403	13,351	13,464
Construction in progress	52,200	48,135	38,893
Property, plant and equipment, gross	698,777	690,631	650,396
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	312,645	303,173	286,089
Property, plant and equipment, net	$386,132	$387,458	$364,307

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_D1

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details 1) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Components of Railcar assets leased to others	'	'	'
Railcar assets leased to others	$316,520	$317,750	$325,633
Less: accumulated depreciation	78,986	77,129	80,927
Railcar assets leased to others, net	$237,534	$240,621	$244,706

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_D2

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'	'	'	'
Depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment	'	$9.90	$9.30	$37.50
Asset Impairment Charges	4.4	'	'	'
Depreciation expense on railcar assets leased to others	'	$3.40	$3.70	$14.70

Derivatives_Details

Derivatives (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Estimated fair value of Company's commodity derivative instruments for cash collateral and associated cash as collateral	'	'	'
Net derivative asset position, Collateral paid	$142,791	$15,480	$73,033
Net derivative asset position, Fair value of derivatives	-88,498	31,055	35,403
Net derivative asset position, net	54,293	46,535	108,436
Net derivative liability position, Collateral paid	0	0	0
Net derivative liability position, Fair value of derivatives	0	0	0
Net derivative liability position, net	$0	$0	$0

Derivatives_Details_1

Derivatives (Details 1) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]	'	'	'
Commodity derivative assets	($88,498)	$31,055	$35,403
Commodity derivative liabilities	0	0	0
Commodity derivative assets - current	119,330	71,319	158,079
Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent	1,365	246	813
Commodity derivative liabilities - current	-32,153	-63,954	-50,157
Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent	-734	-6,644	-3,220
Commodity	'	'	'
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]	'	'	'
Commodity derivative assets	92,915	70,870	106,584
Commodity derivative liabilities	-147,898	-85,383	-74,102
Cash collateral	142,791	15,480	73,033
Total	87,808	967	105,515
Commodity | Commodity derivative assets - current	'	'	'
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]	'	'	'
Commodity derivative assets	86,512	69,289	101,833
Commodity derivative liabilities	-109,973	-13,450	-16,787
Cash collateral	142,791	15,480	73,033
Commodity derivative assets - current	119,330	71,319	158,079
Commodity | Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent	'	'	'
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]	'	'	'
Commodity derivative assets	1,543	246	834
Commodity derivative liabilities	-178	0	-21
Cash collateral	0	0	0
Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent	1,365	246	813
Commodity | Commodity derivative liabilities - current	'	'	'
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]	'	'	'
Commodity derivative assets	4,552	1,286	3,898
Commodity derivative liabilities	-36,705	-65,240	-54,055
Cash collateral	0	0	0
Commodity derivative liabilities - current	-32,153	-63,954	-50,157
Commodity | Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent	'	'	'
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]	'	'	'
Commodity derivative assets	308	49	19
Commodity derivative liabilities	-1,042	-6,693	-3,239
Cash collateral	0	0	0
Commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent	($734)	($6,644)	($3,220)

Derivatives_Details_2

Derivatives (Details 2) (Sales, USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Sales	'	'
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]	'	'
Gains (losses) on commodity derivatives included in sales and merchandising revenues	($53,686)	$36,368

Derivatives_Details_3

Derivatives (Details 3)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
	lb	bu	bu
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	20,790,000	409,780,000	469,822,000
Non-exchange Traded	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	278,697,000	243,530,000	102,000
Non-exchange Traded | Corn	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	274,762,000	0	0
Non-exchange Traded | Soybeans	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	29,332,000	0	0
Non-exchange Traded | Wheat	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	11,485,000	0
Non-exchange Traded | Oats	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	0	8,562,000
Non-exchange Traded | Ethanol	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	0	0
Non-exchange Traded | Corn Oil	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	20,790,000	0	0
Non-exchange Traded | Other	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	207,000	0	0
Exchange Traded	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	253,300,000	166,250,000	0
Exchange Traded | Corn	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	124,420,000	0
Exchange Traded | Soybeans	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	0	0
Exchange Traded | Wheat	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	0	32,760,000
Exchange Traded | Oats	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	6,820,000	0
Exchange Traded | Ethanol	'	'	'
Amounts of quantities outstanding included in commodity derivative contracts	'	'	'
Nonmonetary notional amount	0	21,630,000	0

Derivatives_Details_Textual

Derivatives (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
Derivatives (Textual) [Abstract]	'	'	'
Maximum period in which contracts for the sale of grain to processors or other consumers extend (years)	'1 year	'	'
Estimated fair value of inventory	$0	$0.30	$0.70

Earnings_Per_Share_Details

Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'	'
Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$22,708	$12,578
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested restricted stock	104	49
Earnings available to common shareholders	$22,604	$12,529
Earnings per share - basic:	'	'
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (shares)	28,155,000	27,912,000
Earnings per common share - basic (dollars per share)	$0.80	$0.45
Earnings per share - diluted:	'	'
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (shares)	28,155,000	27,912,000
Effect of dilutive awards (shares)	69,000	150,000
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (shares)	28,224,000	28,062,000
Earnings per common share - diluted (dollars per share)	$0.80	$0.45
Earnings Per Share (Textual) [Abstract]	'	'
Antidilutive stock-based awards outstanding (shares)	0	0

Employee_Benefit_Plans_Details

Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Pension Benefits	'	'
Components of the net periodic benefit cost	'	'
Service cost	$43	$0
Interest cost	1,162	1,065
Expected return on plan assets	-1,905	-1,755
Recognized net actuarial loss	207	392
Benefit cost (income)	-493	-298
Postretirement Benefits	'	'
Components of the net periodic benefit cost	'	'
Service cost	187	224
Interest cost	393	346
Amortization of prior service cost	-136	-136
Recognized net actuarial loss	229	359
Benefit cost (income)	$673	$793

Segment_Information_Details

Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	$1,003,294		$1,271,970		'
Inter-segment sales	8,282		9,132		'
Interest expense	6,002		6,404		'
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net	20,501		7,804		'
Other income (expense), net	19,612		2,726		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	39,901		21,391		'
Identifiable assets	2,125,583		2,151,788		2,273,556
Grain	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	583,159		836,495		'
Inter-segment sales	0		332		'
Interest expense	2,775		3,849		'
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net	1,884		7,910		'
Other income (expense), net	18,346	[1]	571	[1]	'
Income (loss) before income taxes	11,306		8,299		'
Identifiable assets	979,608		1,025,350		921,914
Ethanol	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	188,820		199,309		'
Interest expense	100		326		'
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net	18,617		-106		'
Other income (expense), net	-226		231		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	19,824		2,479		'
Identifiable assets	224,931		209,666		229,797
Plant Nutrient	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	107,630		111,902		'
Inter-segment sales	7,367		7,697		'
Interest expense	771		918		'
Other income (expense), net	185		-25		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	-1,411		-562		'
Identifiable assets	311,219		323,653		268,238
Rail	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	52,302		46,364		'
Inter-segment sales	109		104		'
Interest expense	1,656		1,513		'
Other income (expense), net	710		946		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	15,045		14,574		'
Identifiable assets	303,532		302,717		312,654
Turf and Specialty	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	43,725		47,187		'
Inter-segment sales	806		999		'
Interest expense	418		402		'
Other income (expense), net	307		275		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	1,375		4,001		'
Identifiable assets	110,538		97,842		89,939
Retail	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Sales and merchandising revenues	27,658		30,713		'
Interest expense	170		215		'
Other income (expense), net	112		114		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	-2,335		-3,169		'
Identifiable assets	47,710		53,668		44,910
Other	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Interest expense	112		-819		'
Other income (expense), net	178		614		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	-7,224		-3,965		'
Identifiable assets	148,045		138,892		406,104
Noncontrolling Interests	'		'		'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'		'		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	$3,321		($266)		'
[1]	Increase is related to gain on LTG partial share redemption. See Note 8. Related Party Transactions for details of the LTG gain in 2014.

Segment_Information_Details_Te

Segment Information (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
	segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Number of reportable segments (business segments)	6

Related_Party_Transactions_Det

Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	$232,396		$291,109		$190,377
The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC	'		'		'
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	31,867	[1]	40,194	[1]	31,169	[1]
The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC	'		'		'
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	40,412	[1]	44,418	[1]	32,900	[1]
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC	'		'		'
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	45,946	[1]	46,811	[1]	32,164	[1]
Lansing Trade Group LLC	'		'		'
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	60,837	[2]	106,028	[2]	91,752	[2]
Thompsons Limited [Member]	'		'		'
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	49,520	[3]	49,833	[3]	0
Other	'		'		'
Equity Method Investment Companys Investment Balance In Each Equity Method Investees By Entity [Abstract]	'		'		'
Equity method investments	$3,814		$3,825		$2,392
[1]	Decrease in LLCs investment balance is due to cash distributions made during the first quarter of 2014, partially offset by strong earnings
[2]	Decrease in LTG investment balance is driven by the sale of a portion of the Company's interest in LTG during the first quarter of 2014
[3]	Thompsons Limited and related U.S. operating company held by joint ventures

Related_Party_Transactions_Det1

Related Party Transactions (Details 1) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2013
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	$20,501		$7,804	'
Reduction in ownership percentage (percentage)	2.00%		'	'
The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	53.00%		'	'
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	4,943		944	'
The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	38.00%		'	'
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	5,539		-219	'
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	50.00%		'	'
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	8,135		-832	'
Lansing Trade Group LLC	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	41.00%	[1]	'	'
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	2,221		7,991	'
Thompsons Limited [Member]	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	50.00%		'	50.00%
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	-313	[2]	0	'
Other	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Income earned from Company's equity method investees	($24)		($80)	'
Minimum | Other	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	5.00%		'	'
Maximum | Other	'		'	'
Income Earned From Companys Equity Method Investments By Entity [Abstract]	'		'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	23.00%		'	'
[1]	This does not consider restricted management units which once vested will reduce the ownership percentage by approximately 2%
[2]	Thompsons Limited and related U.S. operating company held by joint ventures

Related_Party_Transactions_Det2

Related Party Transactions (Details 2) (Lansing Trade Group [Member], USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Lansing Trade Group [Member]	'	'
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]	'	'
Sales	$2,222,994	$2,553,145
Gross profit	31,056	44,107
Income before income taxes	8,002	17,117
Net income	5,573	16,892
Net income attributable to LTG	$5,320	$16,798

Related_Party_Transactions_Det3

Related Party Transactions (Details 3) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Related party transactions entered into for the time periods presented	'		'
Sales revenues	$221,994		$309,705
Service fee revenues	5,638	[1]	5,801	[1]
Purchases of product	155,015		161,955
Lease income	1,664	[2]	1,552	[2]
Labor and benefits reimbursement	2,868	[3]	2,643	[3]
Other expenses	486	[4]	358	[4]
Accounts receivable at June 30	30,609	[5]	12,550	[5]
Accounts payable at June 30	$24,454	[6]	$24,967	[6]
[1]	Service fee revenues include management fee, corn origination fee, ethanol and DDG marketing fees, and other commissions.
[2]	Lease income includes the lease of the Company’s Albion, Michigan and Clymers, Indiana grain facilities as well as certain railcars to the various ethanol LLCs and IANR.
[3]	The Company provides all operational labor to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs and charges them an amount equal to the Company’s costs of the related services.
[4]	Other expenses include payments to IANR for repair facility rent and use of their railroad reporting mark, payment to LTG for the lease of railcars and other various expenses.
[5]	Accounts receivable represents amounts due from related parties for sales of corn, leasing revenue and service fees.
[6]	Accounts payable represents amounts due to related parties for purchases of ethanol and other various items.

Related_Party_Transactions_Det4

Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Jan. 22, 2014	Jan. 21, 2014
	Director			Lux JV Hold Co [Member]	Thompsons Limited [Member]	Thompsons Limited [Member]	Lansing Trade Group [Member]	The Andersons Ethanol Investment LLC	The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC	Lansing Trade Group LLC	Lansing Trade Group LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Agreement for partial redemption of equity method investment	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$60,000,000	'
Proceeds from sale of investments in affiliates	31,457,000	0	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	31,500,000	'
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	'	'	'	'	64,000,000	'	'	'	'	'	'
Percentage of company ownership interest (percentage)	'	'	'	100.00%	50.00%	50.00%	'	66.00%	50.00%	39.20%	47.50%
Total Purchase Price	'	'	'	152,000,000	48,000,000	'	40,000,000	'	'	'	'
number of locations	'	'	'	'	12	'	'	'	'	'	'
Noncontrolling interest is attributed of all gains and losses of parent (percentage)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	34.00%	'	'	'
Total distributions received from unconsolidated affiliates	65,600,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	28,500,000	'
Percentage of shares acquired from subsidiary (percentage)	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)	14.00%	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Estimated fair value of the Company's investment in IANR	20,500,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Number of board of directors (directors)	5	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Directors from the Company (directors)	2	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Directors from common shareholders (directors)	2	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Independent director (directors)	1	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Number of board of directors required to take key decision (directors)	4	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Current maximum exposure to loss related to IANR	26,500,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Investment and unpaid accrued dividends	6,000,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Revenues recognized for the sale of ethanol	144,300,000	145,800,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Revenues recognized for the sale of corn	117,200,000	204,900,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Related party, Gross asset	24,000,000	5,000,000	8,900,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Related party, Gross liability	10,300,000	800,000	1,200,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	17,100,000	'
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal, Net of Tax	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$10,700,000	'

Fair_Value_Measurements_Detail

Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $)

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

In Thousands, unless otherwise specified

Level 1

Level 1

Level 1

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Convertible Preferred Stock

Market Approach Valuation Technique

Market Approach Valuation Technique

Market Approach Valuation Technique

Income Approach Valuation Technique

Income Approach Valuation Technique

Income Approach Valuation Technique

Level 3

Convertible Preferred Stock

Minimum

Maximum

Convertible Preferred Stock

Minimum

Maximum

Level 3

Convertible Preferred Stock

Convertible Preferred Stock

Level 3

Convertible Preferred Stock

Convertible Preferred Stock

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Cash equivalents

$25,821

$97,751

$49,202

$25,821

$97,751

$49,202

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Restricted cash

652

408

635

652

408

635

0

0

0

0

0

0

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Commodity derivatives, net

87,808

967

[1]

105,515

[1]

82,626

50,777

[1]

110,581

[1]

5,182

-49,810

[1]

-5,066

[1]

0

0

[1]

0

[1]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Convertible preferred securities

20,530

[2]

25,720

[2]

17,710

[2]

0

[2]

0

[2]

0

[2]

0

[2]

0

[2]

0

[2]

20,530

[2]

25,720

[2]

17,710

[2]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Other assets and liabilities

10,009

[1]

9,984

[3]

7,077

[3]

10,960

[1]

10,143

[3]

8,861

[3]

-951

[1]

-159

[3]

-1,784

[3]

0

[1]

0

[3]

0

[3]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Total

144,820

134,830

180,139

120,059

159,079

169,279

4,231

-49,969

-6,850

20,530

25,720

17,710

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$20,530

'

'

'

'

'

'

Fair Value Inputs, Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization Multiple

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

7.75

7.5

8

'

'

'

Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

14.50%

14.50%

14.50%

[1]

Includes associated cash posted/received as collateral

[2]

Recorded in “Other noncurrent assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

[3]

Included in other assets and liabilities are interest rate and foreign currency derivatives and swaptions (Level 2) and deferred compensation assets (Level 1)

Fair_Value_Measurements_Detail1

Fair Value Measurements (Details 1) (Convertible Preferred Stock, USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Convertible Preferred Stock	'	'
Beginning and ending balances for the Company's fair value measurements using Level 3 inputs	'	'
Asset, Beginning Balance	$25,720	$17,220
Unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income	-5,190	490
Asset, Ending Balance	$20,530	$17,710

Fair_Value_Measurements_Detail2

Fair Value Measurements (Details 2) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Fair value of long-term debt estimated using quoted market prices or discounted future cash flows	'	'
Fair value of long-term debt	$400,495	$429,723
Fair value in excess of carrying value	$3,574	$2,512

Debt_Details

Debt (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowings under short-term line of credit	$226,100	$0	$292,100
Long-term debt	'	'	'
Total current maturities of long-term debt	90,760	51,998	43,052
Total long-term debt, less current maturities	306,161	375,213	412,700
Nonrecourse	'	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowings under short-term line of credit	0	0	8,400
Long-term debt	'	'	'
Total current maturities of long-term debt	6,012	6,012	3,271
Total long-term debt, less current maturities	3,288	4,063	24,141
Recourse	'	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowings under short-term line of credit	226,100	0	283,700
Long-term debt	'	'	'
Total current maturities of long-term debt	84,748	45,986	39,781
Total long-term debt, less current maturities	$302,873	$371,150	$388,559

Debt_Details_Textual

Debt (Details Textual) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 04, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]	'	'
Total borrowing capacity under lines of credit	$878,100,000	$400,000,000
Total available for borrowings under lines of credit	621,600,000	'
Secured Debt	'	'
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]	'	'
Total borrowing capacity under lines of credit	28,100,000	'
Line of Credit	'	'
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]	'	'
Total borrowing capacity under lines of credit	'	$850,000,000

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement	$3.50

Business_Acquisitions_Business1

Business Acquisitions Business Acquisitions (Cycle Group, Inc Details) (Cycle Group, Inc., USD $)	0 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 09, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Inventory	$77
Intangible assets	330
Property, plant and equipment	3,825
Total Purchase Price	4,232
Intangible assets acquired	330
Weighted average useful life	'5 years	[1]
Customer Relationships	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Intangible assets acquired	150
Useful Life	'5 years
Noncompete agreement	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Intangible assets acquired	55
Useful Life	'7 years
Patents	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Intangible assets acquired	$125
Useful Life	'5 years
[1]	weighted average number of years

Business_Acquisitions_Business2

Business Acquisitions Business Acquisitions (Mile Rail, LLC Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Aug. 05, 2013		Aug. 05, 2013	Aug. 05, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified				Mile Rail		Mile Rail	Mile Rail
						Customer Relationships	Noncompete agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'	'		'	'
Inventory	'	'	'	$512		'	'
Other assets	'	'	'	14		'	'
Intangible assets	'	'	'	650		'	250
Goodwill	58,554	58,554	54,387	4,167		'	'
Property, plant and equipment	'	'	'	2,605		'	'
Other liabilities	'	'	'	-144		'	'
Total Purchase Price	'	'	'	7,804		'	'
Customer relationship	'	'	'	$650		$400	'
Useful Life	'	'	'	'		'5 years	'5 years
Weighted average useful life	'	'	'	'5 years	[1]	'	'
[1]	weighted average number of years

Business_Acquisitions_Green_Pl

Business Acquisitions (Green Plains Grain Company Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 03, 2012		Dec. 03, 2012	Dec. 03, 2012	Dec. 03, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified				Green Plains Grain Company		Other Intangible Assets	Minimum	Maximum
						Green Plains Grain Company	Other Intangible Assets	Other Intangible Assets
							Green Plains Grain Company	Green Plains Grain Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'	'		'	'	'
Accounts receivable	'	'	'	$19,174		'	'	'
Inventory	'	'	'	121,983		'	'	'
Property, plant and equipment	'	'	'	57,828		'	'	'
Intangible assets	'	'	'	4,600		'	'	'
Goodwill	58,554	58,554	54,387	33,175		'	'	'
Commodity derivatives	'	'	'	4,701		'	'	'
Other assets	'	'	'	1,775		'	'	'
Accounts payable	'	'	'	-91,001		'	'	'
Debt assumed	'	'	'	-29,632		'	'	'
Other liabilities and noncontrolling interests	'	'	'	-2,371		'	'	'
Total Purchase Price	'	'	'	120,232		'	'	'
Intangible assets acquired	'	'	'	$4,600		$4,600	'	'
Useful Life	'	'	'	'		'	'3 years	'5 years
Weighted average useful life	'	'	'	'4 years	[1]	'	'	'
[1]	weighted average number of years

Business_Acquisition_Details_T

Business Acquisition (Details Textual) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Aug. 05, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 03, 2012
				Mile Rail	Green Plains Grain Company	Green Plains Grain Company
						bu
						T
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'
number of locations	'	'	'	2	'	'
Goodwill	$58,554,000	$58,554,000	$54,387,000	$4,167,000	'	$33,175,000
Payable to acquiree	'	'	'	'	'	3,300,000
Grain storage capacity	'	'	'	'	'	32,000,000
Nutrient storage capacity	'	'	'	'	'	12,000
Goodwill increase	'	'	'	'	$3,000,000	'

Income_Taxes_Details_Textual

Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014					Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
							Correction Of Other Comprehensive Income Related To Retiree Health Care Plan Liability And Medicare Part D Subsidy [Member]	Correction Of Other Comprehensive Income Related To Retiree Health Care Plan Liability And Medicare Part D Subsidy [Member]
Business Acquisition [Abstract]	'					'	'	'
Business Combinations	'					'	'	'
	Business Acquisitions
	There were no business acquisitions completed in the first quarter of 2014.
	Prior Year Business Acquisitions
	On December 9, 2013, the Turf and Specialty Group completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Cycle Group, Inc. for a purchase price of $4.2 million. The operation consists of a modern granulated products facility in Mocksville, North Carolina.
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Inventory	$	77
	Intangible assets	330
	Property, plant and equipment	3,825
	Total purchase price	$	4,232
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Customer relationships	$	150		5 years
	Noncompete agreement	55			7 years
	Patents	125			5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	330		5 years *
	*weighted average number of years
	On August 5, 2013, the Company completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Mile Rail, LLC and a sister entity for a purchase price of $7.8 million. The operations consist of a railcar repair and cleaning facility headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with 2 satellite locations in Nebraska and Indiana.
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Inventory	$	512
	Other assets	14
	Intangible assets	650
	Goodwill	4,167
	Property, plant and equipment	2,605
	Other liabilities	(144		)
	Total purchase price	$	7,804
	The goodwill recognized as a result of the Mile Rail acquisition is $4.2 million, which is fully deductible for tax purposes, and is included in the Rail segment. The goodwill relates to geography that is complimentary to the Rail Group's existing repair network and from its additional connections to several U.S. Class I railroads, from which we anticipate future growth and capacity to generate gross profit.
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Customer relationships	$	400		5 years
	Noncompete agreement	250			5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	650		5 years *
	*weighted average number of years
	On December 3, 2012, the Company completed the purchase of a majority of the grain and agronomy assets of Green Plains Grain Company ("GPG"), a subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. for a purchase price of $120.2 million, which included a $3.3 million payable to the acquiree that was outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and paid in January 2013. The various facilities located in Iowa and Tennessee have a combined grain storage capacity of more than 32.0 million bushels and 12,000 tons of nutrient storage.
	During the first quarter of 2013, the purchase price allocation for Green Plains Grain Company, which was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2012, was finalized. The measurement period adjustments to the purchase price allocation were the result of additional information obtained since the filing of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. December 31, 2012 balances have been revised to include the effect of the adjustment as if the additional information had been available on the acquisition date. Due to these revision of estimates, goodwill increased $3 million with the majority of the offset to intangible assets.
	The summarized final purchase price allocation is as follows:
	(in thousands)
	Accounts receivable	$	19,174
	Inventory	121,983
	Property, plant and equipment	57,828
	Intangible assets	4,600
	Goodwill	33,175
	Commodity derivatives	4,701
	Other assets	1,775
	Accounts payable	(91,001		)
	Debt assumed	(29,632		)
	Other liabilities and noncontrolling interests	(2,371		)
	Total purchase price	$	120,232
	The goodwill recognized as a result of the GPG acquisition is $33.2 million, for which the full amount is deductible for tax purposes, and is included in the Grain reportable segment. The goodwill relates to the value of a fully functional business consisting of a successful management team and an experienced and talented work force.
	Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:
	(in thousands)	Fair			Useful
		Value			Life
	Supplier relationships	$	4,600		3 to 5 years
	Total identifiable intangible assets	$	4,600		4 years *
	*weighted average number of years
Effective tax rate	34.80%					42.40%	'	'
Deferred income taxes	$6,264,000					$805,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Tax	'					'	($1,400,000)	'

Accumulated_Other_Comprehensiv2

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]	'		'
Beginning Balance	($21,181)	[1]	($45,379)	[1]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	-2,891	[1]	2,187	[1]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	-85	[1]	-85	[1]
Other comprehensive income (loss)	-2,976	[1]	2,102	[1]
Ending balance	-24,157	[1]	-43,277	[1]
Losses on Cash Flow Hedges	'		'
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]	'		'
Beginning Balance	-637	[1]	-902	[1]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	69	[1]	30	[1]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	0	[1]	0	[1]
Other comprehensive income (loss)	69	[1]	30	[1]
Ending balance	-568	[1]	-872	[1]
Investment in Debt Securities	'		'
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]	'		'
Beginning Balance	7,861	[1]	2,569	[1]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	-3,232	[1]	303	[1]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	0	[1]	0	[1]
Other comprehensive income (loss)	-3,232	[1]	303	[1]
Ending balance	4,629	[1]	2,872	[1]
Defined Benefit Plan Items	'		'
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]	'		'
Beginning Balance	-28,405	[1]	-47,046	[1]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	272	[1]	1,854	[1]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	-85	[1]	-85	[1]
Other comprehensive income (loss)	187	[1]	1,769	[1]
Ending balance	($28,218)	[1]	($45,277)	[1]
[1]	All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicates debits

Accumulated_Other_Comprehensiv3

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Schedule of Reclassifciations Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]	'		'
Income (loss) before income taxes	$39,901		$21,391
Income tax benefit	-13,872		-9,079
Net income	26,029		12,312
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	'		'
Schedule of Reclassifciations Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]	'		'
Net income	-85	[1]	-85	[1]
Defined Benefit Plan Items | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	'		'
Schedule of Reclassifciations Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]	'		'
Amortization of prior-service cost	-136	[1],[2]	-136	[1],[2]
Income (loss) before income taxes	-136	[1]	-136	[1]
Income tax benefit	51	[1]	51	[1]
Net income	($85)	[1]	($85)	[1]
[1]	Amounts in parentheses indicate debits to profit/loss
[2]	This accumulated other comprehensive income component is included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 6. Employee Benefit Plans footnote for additional details).