Debt Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Components of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	April 30, 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	(4,062		)	(1,657		)
Secured credit facility
Variable interest rate, expiring October 2018 (net of $78.0 million and $50.1 million classified as short-term borrowings at April 30, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively)	195,644			121,346
Notes payable
8.9% and 9.1% weighted average interest rate at April 30, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively, due 2014 to 2022, net of unamortized discount of $2,017 and $2,392 at April 30, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively	10,021			10,898
	1,208,603			1,110,031
Less: current portion, included in other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets	3,233			3,091
Long-term debt	$	1,205,370		$	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	$	520
2015	3,103
2016	3,043
2017	2,706
2018	1,124
Thereafter	1,204,186
Total	$	1,214,682

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Components of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	April 30, 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	(4,062		)	(1,657		)
Secured credit facility
Variable interest rate, expiring October 2018 (net of $78.0 million and $50.1 million classified as short-term borrowings at April 30, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively)	195,644			121,346
Notes payable
8.9% and 9.1% weighted average interest rate at April 30, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively, due 2014 to 2022, net of unamortized discount of $2,017 and $2,392 at April 30, 2014 and July 31, 2013, respectively	10,021			10,898
	1,026,603			928,031
Less: current portion, included in other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets	3,233			3,091
Long-term debt	$	1,023,370		$	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	$	520
2015	3,103
2016	3,043
2017	2,706
2018	1,124
Thereafter	1,022,186
Total	$	1,032,682