Debt Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Components of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	January 31, 2014			July 31, 2013
Senior notes
Fixed rate, 6.50%, due 2021	$	500,000		$	500,000
Fixed rate, 6.75%, due 2022	325,000			—
Fixed rate, 9.125%, due 2017, net of unamortized discount of $2,556 at July 31, 2013	—			297,444
Fixed rate, 8.625%, due 2020	182,000			182,000
Fair value adjustments related to interest rate swaps	(3,197		)	(1,657		)
Secured credit facility
Variable interest rate, expiring October 2018 (net of $67.0 million and $50.1 million classified as short-term borrowings at January 31, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively)	140,455			121,346
Notes payable
9.0% and 9.1% weighted average interest rate at January 31, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively, due 2014 to 2022, net of unamortized discount of $2,176 and $2,392 at January 31, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively	9,836			10,898
	1,154,094			1,110,031
Less: current portion, included in other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets	3,183			3,091
Long-term debt	$	1,150,911		$	1,106,940

Scheduled Annual Principal Payments On Long-term Debt

As a result of the above transactions, the scheduled annual principal payments on long-term debt have been updated as follows:

For the fiscal year ending July 31,	Scheduled annual principal payments
2014	$	795
2015	3,053
2016	2,997
2017	2,676
2018	1,074
Thereafter	1,148,872
Total	$	1,159,467

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Components of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	January 31, 2014			July 31, 2013
Senior notes
Fixed rate, 6.50%, due 2021	$	500,000		$	500,000
Fixed rate, 6.75%, due 2022	325,000			—
Fixed rate, 9.125%, due 2017, net of unamortized discount of $2,556 at July 31, 2013	—			297,444
Fair value adjustments related to interest rate swaps	(3,197		)	(1,657		)
Secured credit facility
Variable interest rate, expiring October 2018 (net of $67.0 million and $50.1 million classified as short-term borrowings at January 31, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively)	140,455			121,346
Notes payable
9.0% and 9.1% weighted average interest rate at January 31, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively, due 2014 to 2022, net of unamortized discount of $2,176 and $2,392 at January 31, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively	9,836			10,898
	972,094			928,031
Less: current portion, included in other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets	3,183			3,091
Long-term debt	$	968,911		$	924,940

Scheduled Annual Principal Payments On Long-term Debt

As a result of the above transactions, the scheduled annual principal payments on long-term debt have been updated as follows:

For the fiscal year ending July 31,	Scheduled annual principal payments
2014	$	795
2015	3,053
2016	2,997
2017	2,676
2018	1,074
Thereafter	966,872
Total	$	977,467