Alico, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Assets Held for Sale (Details)

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Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 03, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Nov. 21, 2014 acre
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	$ 1,509,000		$ 1,509,000
Sales price					1,509,000
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate	(116,000)	(1,000)	16,424,000	(1,000)
Deferred gain on sale	29,140,000us-gaap_DeferredGainOnSaleOfProperty		29,140,000us-gaap_DeferredGainOnSaleOfProperty
Asset impairment	(541,000)		(541,000)
Land and Land improvements [Member]
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	2,050,000		2,050,000
Asset impairment			(541,000)
Hendry County Sugarcane Property [Member]
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Acres held for sale							36,000
Sales price							97,913,921
Proceeds deposited with intermediary			97,126,000
Realized gain on disposal			42,753,000
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate			13,613,000
Deferred gain on sale							$ 29,140,000
Hendry County Sugarcane Property [Member] \| Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member]
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Acres held for sale							30,600

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Long Lived Assets Held For Sale, Acres Of Land.

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Amount of gain on the sale of property that does not qualify for gain recognition as of the balance sheet date.

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