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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Oct. 07, 2014 Auburn Bean and Grain Subsequent event | Oct. 07, 2014 Auburn Bean and Grain Subsequent event bu T gal | Oct. 17, 2014 United Grain and Keller Grain Subsequent event company | Oct. 07, 2014 Grain operations Auburn Bean and Grain Subsequent event location | Oct. 07, 2014 Agronomy operations Auburn Bean and Grain Subsequent event location
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of locations acquired |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 4
Number of companies acquired |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Percentage of shares outstanding acquired |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  | $ 39,500,000 |  | $ 7,200,000 |  |
Cash payments to acquire businesses | 0 | 11,148,000 | 5,000,000 |  |  |  |
Number of shares in stock for stock merger transaction |  |  | 556 |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire additional facilities |  |  | 20,400,000 |  |  |  |
Long-term debt assumed as part of the acquisition |  |  |  | $ 11,500,000 |  |  |
Additional grain storage capacity acquired (bushels) |  |  |  | 18,100,000 |  |  |
Dry grain storage acquired (tons) |  |  |  | 16,000 |  |  |
Grain storage acquired, liquid nutrient capacity (gallons) |  |  |  | 3,700,000 |  |  |

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