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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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

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Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Outstanding Debt) (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 210,011,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt	$ 61,640,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Long-term debt, current portion	4,511,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	3,196,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Long-term debt, net of current portion	205,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	58,444,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and New England Life Insurance Company fixed rate term loans in the original principal amount of $125 million [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	114,688,000
Principal amount of debt	125,000,000
Fixed interest rate	4.15%
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and New England Life Insurance Company variable rate term loans in the original principal amounts of $57.5 million [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	56,781,000
Principal amount of debt	57,500,000
Effective interest rate	1.75%
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company term loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	500,000
Fixed interest rate	5.49%
Amount of future advance	4,500,000
Rabo Agrifinance, Inc. variable rate term loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total		34,000,000
Effective interest rate	2.40%
Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC fixed rate term loans (5.35%) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	26,970,000	27,550,000	27,550,000
Fixed interest rate	5.35%
Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC fixed rate term loan (3.85%) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	5,500,000
Fixed interest rate	3.85%
Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC fixed rate term loan (3.45%) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	5,500,000
Fixed interest rate	3.45%
Note Payable to Financing Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 72,000	$ 90,000

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