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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified |  | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 BRL | Oct. 30, 2012 Subsidiaries [Member] defendant | Jun. 27, 2008 Subsidiaries [Member] defendant | Oct. 30, 2012 Third Parties [Member] defendant | Jun. 27, 2008 Third Parties [Member] defendant | Mar. 31, 2015 Retail Finance Joint Venture [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 Corporate Joint Venture [Member] | Dec. 31, 2014 Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Guarantees [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum repossessed inventory purchase obligation with retail joint ventures |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6.0 agco_GuarantorObligationsMaximumInventoryExposurePerCalendarYearUndiscounted / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = agco_RetailFinanceJointVentureMember |  |
Guaranteed indebtedness owed to third parties | 89.5 us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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
Loss Contingency [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of defendants |  |  | 3 us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember | 3 us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember | 60 us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants / dei_LegalEntityAxis = agco_ThirdPartiesMember | 91 us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants / dei_LegalEntityAxis = agco_ThirdPartiesMember |  |  |
Tax disallowance not including interest and penalties | $ 41.1 agco_TaxDisallowanceNotIncludingInterestAndPenalties | 131.5 agco_TaxDisallowanceNotIncludingInterestAndPenalties |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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