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Segment Information (Schedule Of Revenues By Product) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 887,684	$ 749,204
Ethanol [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	597,407	499,050
Distillers Grains [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	118,696	112,218
Corn Oil [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	40,697	20,875
Grain [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	26,024	51,055
Food And Ingredients [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	90,485	56,232
Service Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,472	2,021
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 12,903	$ 7,753

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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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