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Accounts Receivable Sales Agreements (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Loss on sales of receivables	$ 24,800,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable	$ 25,600,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable	$ 21,800,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable
Outstanding funding received from receivable securitization	43,300,000agco_OutstandingAccountsReceivablesOfReceivablesSoldToRetailFinanceJointVenturesWhoProvideFinancingToCompanyDealers	68,200,000agco_OutstandingAccountsReceivablesOfReceivablesSoldToRetailFinanceJointVenturesWhoProvideFinancingToCompanyDealers
United States, Canada and Europe
Cash received from receivables sold	$ 1,200,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = agco_UnitedStatesCanadaandEuropeMember	$ 1,300,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = agco_UnitedStatesCanadaandEuropeMember
Rabobank
Ownership percentage	49.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = agco_RabobankMember

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Outstanding accounts receivables of accounts receivables sold to the Company’s retail finance joint ventures who provide wholesale financing to the Company’s dealers.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment.

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