DEBT FINANCING (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended										0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Dec. 21, 2012 AgStar	Jul. 31, 2013 Term note payable to lending institution	Oct. 31, 2012 Term note payable to lending institution	Jul. 31, 2013 Term note payable to lending institution Maximum	Jul. 31, 2013 Revolving term note payable to lending institution	Jul. 31, 2013 Assessments payable	Oct. 31, 2012 Assessments payable	Jul. 31, 2013 Notes payable to electrical company	Oct. 31, 2012 Notes payable to electrical company	Jul. 31, 2013 Corn oil recovery system note payable	Jul. 31, 2013 Notes payable on pipeline assets (Agrinatural notes)	Jul. 31, 2013 Subordinated Debt	Oct. 31, 2012 Construction note payable	May 17, 2013 Convertible secured debt	Jul. 31, 2013 Convertible secured debt	May 17, 2013 Convertible secured debt Class A	May 17, 2013 Term loan	May 17, 2013 Term loan AgStar Minimum	May 17, 2013 Revolving Term Loan AgStar	Jul. 31, 2013 Revolving Term Loan AgStar	Jul. 31, 2013 Revolving Term Loan AgStar Minimum
Debt financing
Total long-term debt	$ 23,489,015	$ 46,082,737		$ 17,137,087	$ 36,627,901			$ 2,758,529	$ 2,895,151	$ 312,500	$ 457,328	$ 750,835	$ 1,123,064	$ 1,407,000	$ 1,891,194
Less amounts due on demand or within one year	3,008,029	42,051,402
Net long term debt	20,480,986	4,031,335
Interest rate (as a percent)			2.00%													7.25%			5.75%
Variable rate basis																				LIBOR			LIBOR
Spread over interest rate (as a percent)																				3.50%			3.50%
Variable interest rate (as a percent)																				5.00%			5.00%
Cash paid for Term Loan principal payments in arrears and reduction of the Term Revolving Note on restructuring of loan	1,400,000
Loan balances																			17,400,000
Amortization period for equal monthly payments of principal and interest on debt				10 years
Percentage of the excess cash flow for which additional annual payments required						25.00%
Amount loaned by the entity's Board of Governors, which was used to bring the previous AgStar loans up to date																1,400,000
Conversion price per unit (in dollars per unit)																		$ 0.30
Expected amount to be raised from issuance of debt																	3,671,000
Additional payments to be made per year						2,000,000
Unused commitment fee per annum on the unused portion of debt (as a percent)							0.35%															0.35%
Amount agreed to lend																	6,524,000
Expected repayment of debt																	2,853,000
Annual decline in loan availability after a specified date																					2,000,000
Estimated maturities of debt
August 1, 2013 - July 31, 2014	3,008,029
August 1, 2014 - July 31, 2015	2,688,634
August 1, 2015 - July 31, 2016	2,264,846
August 1, 2016 - July 31, 2017	2,264,808
August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018	3,541,492
Thereafter	$ 9,721,206