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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, through the balance sheet date and due to be paid more than one year (or one operating cycle, if longer) after the balance sheet date.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Long-Term Debt - Term Loans (Details)		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Term Loans (Details)	Nov. 30, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018 AUD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument
Payments of long-term debt						$ 10,237,000	$ 384,220,000
Write off of debt issuance cost							$ 6,097,000
Capital lease obligation					$ 20,400,000
Term Loan \| Domoferm
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt						6,200,000
Long-term debt acquired						7,600,000
Capital lease obligation						$ 2,100,000
Term Loan \| Minimum \| Domoferm
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate						1.25%
Term Loan \| Maximum \| Domoferm
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate						3.65%
Term Loan \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument face amount			$ 440,000,000.0						$ 375,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs			700,000					$ 1,100,000	$ 8,100,000
Payments of long-term debt			787,400,000	$ 375,000,000.0
Write off of debt issuance cost			15,400,000	5,200,000
Write off of debt discount			5,900,000	$ 900,000
Bank fees			$ 1,700,000
Debt instrument, interest rate floor	1.00%		0.00%
Debt Instrument, periodic principal repayment percentage			0.25%
Debt instrument, periodic payment principal amount			$ 1,100,000
Long term debt principal amount outstanding						$ 437,800,000
Long-term debt			$ 440,568,000			491,935,000
Term Loan \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate	2.75%		1.75%
Term Loan \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate	3.00%		2.00%
Term Loan \| Australian Facility \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument
Increase in borrowing capacity		$ 55,000,000.0
Unused commitment fee, percentage		1.25%
Long-term debt						36,900,000
Term Loan \| Australian Facility \| BBSY \| Minimum \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate		1.00%
Term Loan \| Australian Facility \| BBSY \| Maximum \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate		1.10%
Term Loan \| Acquired Facilities \| ABS
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt						$ 10,600,000
Long-term debt acquired					$ 11,600,000
Term Loan \| Acquired Facilities \| LIBOR \| Minimum \| ABS
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate					1.85%
Term Loan \| Acquired Facilities \| LIBOR \| Maximum \| ABS
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate					2.00%