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Common Stock And Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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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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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands								3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 17, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 07, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2021 $ / shares shares	Feb. 29, 2020
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0001						$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Exchange ratio		1.0754											1.0754
Number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares		22,500,000
Purchase price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 10
Consideration received on transaction		$ 225,000
Warrants (in shares) \| shares								1,908,000	1,908,000
All classes of capital stock (in shares) \| shares		441,000,000
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		440,000,000						440,000,000	440,000,000	128,467,000
Redeemable convertible preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		1,000,000						1,000,000	1,000,000	105,922,000
Redeemable convertible preferred stock, par value (in usd per shares) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0001						$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Total net increase in cash and cash equivalents		$ 273,685
Cash consideration									$ 116,287	$ 0	$ 26,822
Acquisition-related costs									3,994	0	4,010
Amortization expense									1,218	1,124	841
ZFS Creston
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 102,065
Identified intangible assets	11,000
Pro forma revenue									276,877	216,082	166,777
Pro forma net loss									(145,038)	$ (84,805)	(40,573)
Pro forma adjustments									2,078
Acquisition-related costs									2,078
ZFS Creston \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identified intangible assets	$ 5,500
Preliminary estimated useful life	15 years
ZFS Creston \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identified intangible assets	$ 2,000
Preliminary estimated useful life	10 years
ZFS Creston \| Acquired Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identified intangible assets	$ 3,000
Preliminary estimated useful life	15 years
ZFS Creston \| Permits
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identified intangible assets	$ 500
Preliminary estimated useful life	10 years
Rose Acre Farms
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration			$ 14,567
Identified intangible assets			$ 380
Preliminary estimated useful life			10 years
Pro forma revenue				$ 195,083			$ 168,481		163,915
Pro forma net loss				$ (70,352)			(42,075)		(125,660)
Acquisition-related costs									361
Revenue									17,031
Rose Acre Farms \| Pro forma adjustments
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro forma adjustments									$ 361
Rose Acre Farms \| Acquisition and amortization of acquired intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization expense								$ 13
J&J
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration					$ 14,258
Identified intangible assets					8,950
Pro forma revenue							109,937
Pro forma net loss							(40,786)
Pro forma adjustments							1,343
Revenue											$ 28,573
J&J \| Pro forma adjustments
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization expense							$ 348
J&J \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identified intangible assets					7,310
J&J \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identified intangible assets					$ 1,640
SGI
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration						$ 13,814
Public Warrants
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Warrants (in shares) \| shares												10,063,000
Private Placement Warrants
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Warrants (in shares) \| shares												6,553,000
Legacy Benson Hill Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares												$ 0.001