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Related Party Transactions (Details 2) (LTG and The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
LTG and The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC
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Sales	$ 1,699,063us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember	$ 1,944,106us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember
Gross profit	47,659us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationGrossProfitLoss / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember	41,124us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationGrossProfitLoss / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember
Income before income taxes	10,586ande_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationIncomeBeforeIncomeTaxes / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember	17,314ande_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationIncomeBeforeIncomeTaxes / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember
Net income	9,345us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember	14,885us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember
Net income attributable to the entities	$ 8,343ande_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLossAttributableToEntities / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember	$ 14,632ande_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLossAttributableToEntities / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ande_LTGandTheAndersonsAlbionEthanolLLCMember

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