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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	8 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 4,021.9	$ 1,405.3	$ 2,842.0
Weighted average useful life (years)			15 years	15 years
Amortization of intangible assets			$ 202.0	$ 67.4
2016			265.1
2017			265.1
2018			265.1
2019			265.0
2020			261.3
Predecessor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets	$ 8.9
Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	989.8		4,021.9	1,405.3
Amortization of intangible assets		$ 22.4
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets other than goodwill			$ 360.0	69.3
Agricultural Solutions [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Excess of the fair value of reporting units over carrying values			16.10%
Goodwill			$ 1,870.0
Fair value inputs, long-term growth, term			8 years
Annual revenue growth rates			3.00%
Agricultural Solutions [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 0.0		$ 1,874.7	$ 444.1
Agricultural Solutions [Member] \| Weighted Average Cost Of Capital, WACC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
WACC rate			10.00%
ASF Americas And Offshore [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, long-term growth, term				7 years
ASF Americas And Offshore [Member] \| Weighted Average Cost Of Capital, WACC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
WACC rate				10.50%
Offshore [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Excess of the fair value of reporting units over carrying values			7.60%
Goodwill			$ 364.0
Annual revenue growth rates				3.50%
ASF Americas [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Excess of the fair value of reporting units over carrying values			11.10%
Goodwill			$ 78.3
Annual revenue growth rates				3.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Agricultural Solutions [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Annual revenue growth rates			1.30%
Minimum [Member] \| Offshore [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Annual revenue growth rates				(0.70%)
Minimum [Member] \| ASF Americas [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Annual revenue growth rates				2.30%
Maximum [Member] \| Agricultural Solutions [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Annual revenue growth rates			7.20%
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Annual revenue growth rates				9.00%
Maximum [Member] \| ASF Americas [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Annual revenue growth rates				5.90%