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Accounts Receivable Sales Agreements (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Net cash received from receivables sold | $ 1,100,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables | $ 1,200,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables |
Outstanding accounts receivable associated with retail finance joint ventures in Brazil and Australia | 26,700,000 agco_OutstandingAccountsReceivablesOfReceivablesSoldToRetailFinanceJointVenturesWhoProvideFinancingToCompanyDealers | 43,300,000 agco_OutstandingAccountsReceivablesOfReceivablesSoldToRetailFinanceJointVenturesWhoProvideFinancingToCompanyDealers |
Other Expenses, Net [Member] |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Loss on sales of receivables | $ 5,000,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherExpenseMember |  | $ 7,500,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherExpenseMember
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Joint venture ownership percentage | 49.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember | 49.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember |

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- Definition Outstanding accounts receivables of accounts receivables sold to the Company’s retail finance joint ventures who provide wholesale financing to the Company’s dealers. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51814546&loc=d3e107425-111719 + Details
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