Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Outstanding Debt) (Details)

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Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Outstanding Debt) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding $ 197,275,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 34,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Remaining available credit 67,925,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity 60,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
Term Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding   34,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
Term Loan [Member] | Fixed Rate Term Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding 125,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_FixedRateTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
  
Remaining available credit      
Effective interest rate 4.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_FixedRateTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
 
Scheduled maturity date Nov. 01, 2029  
Term Loan [Member] | Citree Term Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding 500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_CitreeTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
  
Remaining available credit 4,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_CitreeTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
  
Effective interest rate 5.49%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_CitreeTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
 
Scheduled maturity date Feb. 01, 2029  
Term Loan [Member] | Variable Rate Term Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding 57,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_VariableRateTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
34,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_VariableRateTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
Remaining available credit      
Effective interest rate 1.74%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_VariableRateTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
2.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_VariableRateTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LoansPayableMember
Scheduled maturity date Nov. 01, 2029 Oct. 01, 2020
Line of Credit [Member] | Revolving Line of Credit [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding      
Remaining available credit 25,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_RevolvingLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
60,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_RevolvingLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Effective interest rate 1.74%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_RevolvingLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
2.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_RevolvingLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Scheduled maturity date Nov. 01, 2019 Oct. 01, 2020
Line of Credit [Member] | Working Capital Line of Credit [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Principal balance outstanding 14,275,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_WorkingCapitalLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
  
Remaining available credit $ 38,425,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_WorkingCapitalLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
  
Effective interest rate 1.90%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= alco_WorkingCapitalLineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
 
Scheduled maturity date Nov. 01, 2016