Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 426,220	$ 233,860
Restricted cash		134,739	40,950
Marketable securities		124,859
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $682 and $143, respectively		119,961	55,568
Income taxes receivable		911	661
Inventories		267,838	269,491
Prepaid expenses and other		16,483	16,531
Derivative financial instruments		26,738	25,292
Total current assets		1,117,749	642,353
Property and equipment, net		893,517	801,690
Operating lease right-of-use assets		64,042	61,883
Other assets		84,447	72,991
Total assets	[1]	2,159,755	1,578,917
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		146,063	140,058
Accrued and other liabilities		56,980	38,471
Derivative financial instruments		43,244	20,265
Operating lease current liabilities		16,814	14,902
Short-term notes payable and other borrowings		173,418	140,808
Current maturities of long-term debt		35,285	98,052
Total current liabilities		471,804	452,556
Long-term debt		514,006	287,299
Operating lease long-term liabilities		49,795	49,549
Other liabilities		22,131	12,849
Total liabilities		1,057,736	802,253
Commitments and contingencies (Note 17)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 61,840,434 and 47,470,505 shares issued, and 53,595,978 and 35,657,344 shares outstanding, respectively		62	47
Additional paid-in capital		1,069,573	740,889
Retained earnings (deficit)		(15,199)	39,375
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(12,310)	(2,172)
Treasury stock, 8,244,456 and 11,813,161 shares, respectively		(91,626)	(131,287)
Total Green Plains stockholders’ equity		950,500	646,852
Noncontrolling interests		151,519	129,812
Total stockholders’ equity		1,102,019	776,664
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$ 2,159,755	$ 1,578,917

[1] Asset balances by segment exclude intercompany balances