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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) € in Millions, DKK in Millions, $ in Millions									12 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2017 EUR (€)	Sep. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2016 DKK	Feb. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2016 EUR (€)	Apr. 17, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired									$ 72.0	$ 162.5
Goodwill acquired									84.6	269.2	$ 22.2
Purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired									$ 293.1	$ 383.8	$ 25.4
Forage Division, Lely Group [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses	$ 95.0	€ 80.5
Cash acquired, net	7.1	€ 6.0
Intangible assets acquired	$ 7.6
Precision Planting LLC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses			$ 198.1
Cash acquired, net			1.6
Intangible assets acquired			$ 64.4
Cimbria Holdings Limited
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses				$ 337.5	DKK 2,234.9
Cash acquired, net				12.6	DKK 83.4
Intangible assets acquired				$ 128.9
Tecno Poultry Equipment
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses						$ 63.8	€ 58.7
Cash acquired, net						19.1	€ 17.6
Intangible assets acquired						27.5
Goodwill acquired						$ 20.4
Farmer Automatic
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Line Items]
Cash acquired, net								$ 0.1
Intangible assets acquired								9.6
Goodwill acquired								10.0
Purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired								$ 17.9

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