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Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information Of The Registrant (Condensed Financial Information Of The Registrant Statements Of Operations - Parent Company Only) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Selling, general and administrative expenses									$ 88,524us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	$ 65,169us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	$ 79,019us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income	73,929us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	75,055us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	58,946us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	78,343us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	51,051us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	25,534us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	18,562us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	12,704us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	286,274us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	107,851us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	64,885us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest income									635us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	294us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	191us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Interest expense									(39,908)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(33,357)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(37,521)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other, net									3,429us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(2,507)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(2,399)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total other income (expense)	(9,315)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(9,056)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(8,857)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(8,615)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(10,219)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(8,491)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(8,309)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(8,551)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(35,844)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(35,570)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(39,729)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes									250,430us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	72,281us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	25,156us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax benefit	(22,377)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(24,250)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(17,775)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(26,525)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(15,371)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(7,633)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(4,288)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(1,598)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(90,926)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(28,890)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(13,393)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income									159,504us-gaap_ProfitLoss	43,391us-gaap_ProfitLoss	11,763us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Green Plains Inc. [Member]
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Interest income									462us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	192us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	112us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Interest expense									(9,539)us-gaap_InterestExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(8,742)us-gaap_InterestExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(7,165)us-gaap_InterestExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Other, net									(3,860)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(2,647)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(2,399)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Total other income (expense)									(12,937)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(11,197)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(9,452)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Income before income taxes									(12,937)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(11,285)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(9,452)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Income tax benefit									4,361us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	5,018us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	218us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Loss before equity in earnings of subsidiaries									(8,576)gpre_IncomeBeforeEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(6,267)gpre_IncomeBeforeEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(9,234)gpre_IncomeBeforeEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries									168,080gpre_EquityInEarningsOfConsolidatedSubsidiaries / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	49,658gpre_EquityInEarningsOfConsolidatedSubsidiaries / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	21,013gpre_EquityInEarningsOfConsolidatedSubsidiaries / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Net income									$ 159,504us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	$ 43,391us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	$ 11,779us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember

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