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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2014 Santal USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2014 Santal BRL	Sep. 11, 2014 Santal	Aug. 01, 2014 Intersystems Holdings, Inc. [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2021 USD ($)
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Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	130,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	9,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	2,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired				130,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = agco_IntersystemsHoldingsInc.Member
Cash acquired, net							4,100,000us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = agco_IntersystemsHoldingsInc.Member
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Intangible assets acquired	46,300,000us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1	6,000,000us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1					46,300,000us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = agco_IntersystemsHoldingsInc.Member
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)	3,600,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	21,700,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(36,400,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Senior Notes								300,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = agco_SeniorNotesDueDecember120215875Member	300,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = agco_SeniorNotesDueDecember120215875Member
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross							$ 134,400,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = agco_IntersystemsHoldingsInc.Member

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