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