Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

Fair Value of Financial Derivatives Balance Sheet Locations

	Final	April 30, 2020
	Maturity	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
Derivative Instrument	Date	Location	Fair value		Location	Fair value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	December 2021
Commodity derivatives-propane		Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	244	Other current liabilities	$	18,378
Commodity derivatives-propane		Other assets, net		—	Other liabilities		2,644
		Total	$	244	Total	$	21,022

	Final	July 31, 2019
	Maturity	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
Derivative Instrument	Date	Location	Fair value		Location	Fair value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	December 2021
Commodity derivatives-propane		Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	910	Other current liabilities	$	14,198
Commodity derivatives-propane		Other assets, net		349	Other liabilities		1,817
		Total	$	1,259	Total	$	16,015

Offsetting Assets And Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	April 30, 2020
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Balances	Prepaid expense and other current assets	$	27,233	Other current liabilities	$	3,279
	Other assets, net		3,591	Other liabilities		317
		$	30,824		$	3,596

	July 31, 2019
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Balances	Prepaid expense and other current assets	$	25,028	Other current liabilities	$	1,217
	Other assets, net		2,969	Other liabilities		—
		$	27,997		$	1,217

Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Effect on Comprehensive Income

	For the three months ended April 30, 2020
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
	Amount of Gain		Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	(Loss) Recognized in		Reclassified from	AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	AOCI		AOCI into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(11,501)	Cost of product sold- propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(14,073)	$	—
	$	(11,501)		$	(14,073)	$	—

	For the three months ended April 30, 2019
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Recognized in		Reclassified from	AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	AOCI		AOCI into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	1,870	Cost of product sold- propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(6,416)	$	—
	$	1,870		$	(6,416)	$	—

	For the nine months ended April 30, 2020
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Recognized in		Reclassified from	AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	AOCI		AOCI into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(36,340)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(30,318)	$	—
	$	(36,340)		$	(30,318)	$	—

	For the nine months ended April 30, 2019
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Recognized in		Reclassified from	AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	AOCI		AOCI into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(27,364)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(5,790)	$	—
	$	(27,364)		$	(5,790)	$	—

Changes in Derivatives Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	For the nine months ended April 30,
Gains and losses on derivatives included in AOCI	2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	(14,756)	$	20,560
Change in value of risk management commodity derivatives		(36,340)		(27,364)
Reclassification of (gains) losses on commodity hedges to cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales, net		30,318		5,790
Ending balance	$	(20,778)	$	(1,014)

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Fair Value of Financial Derivatives Balance Sheet Locations

	Final	April 30, 2020
	Maturity	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
Derivative Instrument	Date	Location	Fair value		Location	Fair value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	December 2021
Commodity derivatives-propane		Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	244	Other current liabilities	$	18,378
Commodity derivatives-propane		Other assets, net		—	Other liabilities		2,644
		Total	$	244	Total	$	21,022

	Final	July 31, 2019
	Maturity	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
Derivative Instrument	Date	Location	Fair value		Location	Fair value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	December 2021
Commodity derivatives-propane		Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	910	Other current liabilities	$	14,198
Commodity derivatives-propane		Other assets, net		349	Other liabilities		1,817
		Total	$	1,259	Total	$	16,015

Offsetting Assets And Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	April 30, 2020
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Balances	Prepaid expense and other current assets	$	27,233	Other current liabilities	$	3,279
	Other assets, net		3,591	Other liabilities		317
		$	30,824		$	3,596

	July 31, 2019
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Balances	Prepaid expense and other current assets	$	25,028	Other current liabilities	$	1,217
	Other assets, net		2,969	Other liabilities		—
		$	27,997		$	1,217

Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Effect on Comprehensive Income

	For the three months ended April 30, 2020
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
			Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Reclassified from AOCI	AOCI into Income
DerivativeInstrument	Recognized in AOCI		into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(11,501)	Cost of product sold- propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(14,073)	$	—
	$	(11,501)		$	(14,073)	$	—

	For the three months ended April 30, 2019
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
			Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Reclassified from AOCI	AOCI into Income
DerivativeInstrument	Recognized in AOCI		into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	1,870	Cost of product sold- propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(6,416)	$	—
	$	1,870		$	(6,416)	$	—

	For the nine months ended April 30, 2020
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
			Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Reclassified from AOCI	AOCI into Income
DerivativeInstrument	Recognized in AOCI		into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(36,340)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(30,318)	$	—
	$	(36,340)		$	(30,318)	$	—

	For the nine months ended April 30, 2019
				Amount of Gain (Loss)
			Location of Gain (Loss)	Reclassified from
	Amount of Gain (Loss)		Reclassified from AOCI	AOCI into Income
DerivativeInstrument	Recognized in AOCI		into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(27,364)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(5,790)	$	—
	$	(27,364)		$	(5,790)	$	—

Changes in Derivatives Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	For the nine months ended April 30,
Gains and losses on derivatives included in AOCI	2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	(14,756)	$	20,560
Change in value of risk management commodity derivatives		(36,340)		(27,364)
Reclassification of (gains) losses on commodity hedges to cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales, net		30,318		5,790
Ending balance	$	(20,778)	$	(1,014)