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Accounts Receivable Sales Agreements (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Net cash received from receivables sold $ 1,100,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables $ 1,200,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables  
Outstanding accounts receivable associated with retail finance joint ventures in Brazil and Australia 26,700,000agco_OutstandingAccountsReceivablesOfReceivablesSoldToRetailFinanceJointVenturesWhoProvideFinancingToCompanyDealers 43,300,000agco_OutstandingAccountsReceivablesOfReceivablesSoldToRetailFinanceJointVenturesWhoProvideFinancingToCompanyDealers  
Other Expenses, Net [Member]      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Loss on sales of receivables $ 5,000,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable
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= us-gaap_OtherExpenseMember
  $ 7,500,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable
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= us-gaap_OtherExpenseMember
Corporate Joint Venture [Member]      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Joint venture ownership percentage 49.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember
49.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember