Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues from external customers	$ 3,977,954	$ 2,594,719
Cost of sales and merchandising revenues	3,858,419	2,481,278
Gross profit	119,535	113,441
Operating, administrative and general expenses	101,987	96,998
Interest expense, net	10,859	9,989
Other income, net:
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates, net	(244)	1,794
Other income, net	4,162	5,868
Income before income taxes from continuing operations	10,607	14,116
Income tax provision from continuing operations	4,103	4,361
Net income from continuing operations	6,504	9,755
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(554)	3,507
Net income	5,950	13,262
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	447	(1,845)
Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.	$ 5,503	$ 15,107
Average number of shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	33,738	33,188
Average number of share outstanding - diluted (in shares)	34,279	33,577
Basic earnings (loss):
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18	$ 0.35
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.02)	0.11
Earnings per common share - basic (dollars per share)	0.16	0.46
Diluted earnings (loss):
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.18	0.35
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.02)	0.10
Earnings per common share - diluted (dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.45