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Segment Information (Schedule Of Revenues By Product) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 841,852	$ 742,797	$ 2,478,783	$ 2,225,675
Ethanol [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	550,724	468,005	1,622,168	1,381,203
Distillers Grains [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	129,345	121,273	357,070	359,164
Corn Oil [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	49,844	28,949	111,727	67,649
Grain [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	30,003	47,106	145,800	199,982
Cattle [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	70,012	56,904	201,423	168,381
Service Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	2,066	2,163	6,042	6,356
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 9,858	$ 18,397	$ 34,553	$ 42,940

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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