EXHIBIT 99.1



For immediate release

Contact: Ryan VanWinkle, Investor Relations, 816-792-7998

                            Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
              Announces Closing of 7.0 Million Common Unit Offering

     Liberty, MO (April 15, 2004)--Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP), one of
the nation's  largest  retail  marketers of propane,  announced the closing of a
public offering of 7.0 million common units on April 14, 2004. Net proceeds from
this offering were approximately $156.4 million,  based on the offering price of
$23.34  per  common  unit  and  after  deducting   underwriting   discounts  and
commissions.

     Pursuant  to the  underwriting  agreement  related  to this  offering,  the
several  underwriters  named  therein  were  granted  an option to  purchase  an
additional   1,050,000   common  units  to  cover  any   over-allotments.   This
over-allotment option must be exercised by the underwriters, in full or in part,
on or prior to May 7, 2004.

     Ferrellgas Partners,  L.P., through its operating partnership,  Ferrellgas,
L.P., currently serves more than one million customers in 45 states.  Ferrellgas
employees   indirectly  own   approximately  18  million  common  units  of  the
partnership through an employee stock ownership plan.

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