Document And Entity Information	3 Months Ended
Document And Entity Information	Oct. 31, 2015	Dec. 01, 2015
Entity Registrant Name	FERRELLGAS PARTNERS L P
Entity Central Index Key	0000922358
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Oct. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		97,991,065
Trading Symbol	fgp
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	FERRELLGAS PARTNERS FINANCE CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001012493
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Oct. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,000
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	FERRELLGAS L P
Entity Central Index Key	0000922359
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Oct. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	FERRELLGAS FINANCE CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000922360
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Oct. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,000
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes

Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 8,892,000	$ 7,652,000
Accounts and notes receivable, net	178,678,000	196,918,000
Inventories	96,079,000	96,754,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	57,556,000	64,285,000
Total current assets	341,205,000	365,609,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	941,283,000	965,217,000
Goodwill, net	459,615,000	478,747,000
Intangible assets, net	562,326,000	580,043,000
Assets held for sale	8,840,000	0
Other assets, net	72,917,000	74,440,000
Total assets	2,386,186,000	2,464,056,000
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	63,553,000	83,974,000
Short-term borrowings	95,391,000	75,319,000
Collateralized note payable	68,000,000	70,000,000
Other current liabilities	200,964,000	180,687,000
Total current liabilities	427,908,000	409,980,000
Long-term debt	1,823,182,000	1,804,392,000
Other liabilities	38,458,000	41,975,000
Contingencies and commitments
Partners' capital (deficit)
Limited partner	182,403,000	299,730,000
General partner	(58,228,000)	(57,042,000)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	(30,411,000)	(38,934,000)
Total Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. partners' capital (deficit)	93,764,000	203,754,000
Noncontrolling interest	2,874,000	3,955,000
Total partners' capital (deficit)	96,638,000	207,709,000
Total liabilities and partners' capital (deficit)	2,386,186,000	2,464,056,000
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Current assets:
Cash	1,000	1,000
Total assets	1,000	1,000
Current liabilities:
Contingencies and commitments
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Common stock, $1.00 par value; 2,000 shares authorized; 1,000 shares issued and outstanding	1,000	1,000
Additional paid in capital	17,535	17,485
Accumulated deficit	(17,535)	(17,485)
Total stockholder's equity	1,000	1,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	8,608,000	5,600,000
Accounts and notes receivable, net	178,678,000	196,918,000
Inventories	96,079,000	96,754,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	57,931,000	64,211,000
Total current assets	341,296,000	363,483,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	941,283,000	965,217,000
Goodwill, net	459,615,000	478,747,000
Intangible assets, net	562,326,000	580,043,000
Assets held for sale	8,840,000	0
Other assets, net	71,054,000	72,472,000
Total assets	2,384,414,000	2,459,962,000
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	63,553,000	83,974,000
Short-term borrowings	95,391,000	75,319,000
Collateralized note payable	68,000,000	70,000,000
Other current liabilities	195,029,000	176,176,000
Total current liabilities	421,973,000	405,469,000
Long-term debt	1,641,182,000	1,622,392,000
Other liabilities	38,458,000	41,975,000
Contingencies and commitments
Partners' capital (deficit)
Limited partner	310,338,000	425,105,000
General partner	3,171,000	4,339,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income	(30,708,000)	(39,318,000)
Total partners' capital (deficit)	282,801,000	390,126,000
Total liabilities and partners' capital (deficit)	2,384,414,000	2,459,962,000
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Current assets:
Cash	1,100	1,100
Total assets	1,100	1,100
Current liabilities:
Contingencies and commitments
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Common stock, $1.00 par value; 2,000 shares authorized; 1,000 shares issued and outstanding	1,000	1,000
Additional paid in capital	56,317	53,267
Accumulated deficit	(56,217)	(53,167)
Total stockholder's equity	$ 1,100	$ 1,100

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	$ 113,792	$ 123,791
Intangible assets accumulated amortization	386,828	375,119
Common unitholders, units outstanding	100,376,789	100,376,789
General partner unitholder, units outstanding	1,013,907	1,013,907
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	2,000	2,000
Common stock, shares issued	1,000	1,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	1,000	1,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	113,792	123,791
Intangible assets accumulated amortization	$ 386,828	$ 375,119
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	2,000	2,000
Common stock, shares issued	1,000	1,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	1,000	1,000

Consolidated Statements Of Earnings (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements Of Earnings (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Propane and other gas liquids sales	$ 245,301,000	$ 394,361,000
Midstream operations	193,670,000	7,916,000
Other	32,175,000	41,078,000
Total revenues	471,146,000	443,355,000
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales	121,751,000	264,814,000
Cost of sales - midstream operations	153,604,000	1,968,000
Cost of sales - other	14,448,000	21,892,000
Operating expense	116,199,000	106,428,000
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979,000	23,309,000
General and administrative expense	19,144,000	23,395,000
Equipment lease expense	7,032,000	5,532,000
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256,000	4,374,000
Goodwill impairment	29,316,000	0
Loss on disposal of assets and other	14,917,000	961,000
Operating loss	(47,500,000)	(9,318,000)
Interest expense	(33,788,000)	(23,912,000)
Other income, net	(122,000)	(449,000)
Loss before income taxes	(81,410,000)	(33,679,000)
Income tax benefit	(844,000)	(510,000)
Net Earnings (Loss)	(80,566,000)	(33,169,000)
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest	(773,000)	(294,000)
Net earnings attributable to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.	(79,793,000)	(32,875,000)
Less: General partner's interest in net earnings	(798,000)	(329,000)
Common unitholders' interest in net earnings	(78,995,000)	(32,546,000)
Basic and diluted net earnings per common unitholders' interest	$ (0.79)	$ (0.40)
Cash distributions declared per common unit	$ 0.5125	$ 0.50
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Costs and expenses:
General and administrative expense	50	150
Net Earnings (Loss)	(50)	(150)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Revenues:
Propane and other gas liquids sales	245,301,000	394,361,000
Midstream operations	193,670,000	7,916,000
Other	32,175,000	41,078,000
Total revenues	471,146,000	443,355,000
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales	121,751,000	264,814,000
Cost of sales - midstream operations	153,604,000	1,968,000
Cost of sales - other	14,448,000	21,892,000
Operating expense	116,199,000	106,431,000
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979,000	23,309,000
General and administrative expense	19,144,000	23,395,000
Equipment lease expense	7,032,000	5,532,000
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256,000	4,374,000
Goodwill impairment	29,316,000	0
Loss on disposal of assets and other	14,917,000	961,000
Operating loss	(47,500,000)	(9,321,000)
Interest expense	(29,758,000)	(19,878,000)
Other income, net	(122,000)	(449,000)
Loss before income taxes	(77,380,000)	(29,648,000)
Income tax benefit	(844,000)	(511,000)
Net Earnings (Loss)	(76,536,000)	(29,137,000)
Net earnings attributable to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.	(76,536,000)	(29,137,000)
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Costs and expenses:
General and administrative expense	3,050	160
Net Earnings (Loss)	$ (3,050)	$ (160)

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Net loss	$ (80,566,000)	$ (33,169,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in value of risk management derivatives	384,000	(13,897,000)
Reclassification of derivative gains and losses to earnings	8,226,000	(1,128,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0	(2,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	8,610,000	(15,027,000)
Comprehensive income	(71,956,000)	(48,196,000)
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(686,000)	(448,000)
Comprehensive income attributable to Ferrellgas Partners, LP	(71,270,000)	(47,748,000)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Net loss	(76,536,000)	(29,137,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in value of risk management derivatives	384,000	(13,897,000)
Reclassification of derivative gains and losses to earnings	8,226,000	(1,128,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0	(2,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	8,610,000	(15,027,000)
Comprehensive income	$ (67,926,000)	$ (44,164,000)

- Definition

Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in accumulated gain (loss) from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges and an entity's share of an equity investee's increase (decrease) in deferred hedging gain (loss).

+ References+ Details

Consolidated Statements Of Partners' Capital (Deficit) (USD $)	Total	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Total Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. Partners' Capital (Deficit) [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Common Unitholders [Member]	General Partner Unitholder [Member]	Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Common Unitholders [Member]	Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] General Partner Unitholder [Member]
Partners' capital balance at Jul. 31, 2015	$ 207,709,000	$ (38,934,000)	$ 203,754,000	$ 3,955,000	$ 299,730,000	$ (57,042,000)	$ 390,126,000	$ (39,318,000)	$ 425,105,000	$ 4,339,000
Partners' capital balance (in units) at Jul. 31, 2015					100,376,800	1,014,000
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Contributions in connection with non-cash ESOP and stock and unit-based compensation charges	13,378,000		13,243,000	135,000	13,111,000	132,000	13,378,000		13,243,000	135,000
Partners' Capital Account, Acquisitions							(284,000)	0	(284,000)	0
Distributions	(52,493,000)		(51,963,000)	(530,000)	(51,443,000)	(520,000)	(52,493,000)		(51,963,000)	(530,000)
Net loss	(80,566,000)		(79,793,000)	(773,000)	(78,995,000)	(798,000)	(76,536,000)		(75,763,000)	(773,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	8,610,000	8,523,000	8,523,000	87,000			8,610,000	8,610,000
Partners' capital balance at Oct. 31, 2015	$ 96,638,000	$ (30,411,000)	$ 93,764,000	$ 2,874,000	$ 182,403,000	$ (58,228,000)	$ 282,801,000	$ (30,708,000)	$ 310,338,000	$ 3,171,000
Partners' capital balance (in units) at Oct. 31, 2015					100,376,800	1,014,000

Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$ (80,566,000)	$ (33,169,000)
Reconciliation of net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979,000	23,309,000
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256,000	4,374,000
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122,000	16,112,000
Goodwill impairment	29,316,000	0
Loss on Disposal of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	14,917,000	961,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100,000)	(1,800,000)
Provision for doubtful accounts	952,000	967,000
Deferred tax expense	280,000	216,000
Other	1,409,000	864,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from business acquisitions:
Accounts and notes receivable, net of securitization	9,484,000	(2,873,000)
Inventories	675,000	(31,589,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5,997,000	(17,142,000)
Accounts payable	(20,139,000)	5,141,000
Accrued interest expense	28,600,000	20,070,000
Other current liabilities	(3,468,000)	(2,068,000)
Other assets and liabilities	3,134,000	(2,779,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	40,848,000	(19,406,000)
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	(68,655,000)
Capital expenditures	(25,607,000)	(17,562,000)
Proceeds from sale of assets	3,575,000	1,417,000
Other	(14,000)	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(22,046,000)	(84,800,000)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Distributions	(51,963,000)	(41,774,000)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	21,321,000	83,044,000
Payments on long-term debt	(4,380,000)	(44,388,000)
Net additions to (reductions in) short-term borrowings	20,072,000	52,711,000
Net additions to collateralized short-term borrowings		14,000,000
Repayments of Other Long-term Debt	(2,000,000)
Cash paid for financing costs	(142,000)	(182,000)
Proceeds from (Payments to) Noncontrolling Interests	(500,000)	5,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units	0	41,948,000
Contributions from partners	30,000	424,000
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(17,562,000)	105,788,000
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	0	(2,000)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	1,240,000	1,580,000
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	7,652,000	8,289,000
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	8,892,000	9,869,000
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	(50)	(150)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from business acquisitions:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(50)	(150)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Capital contribution	50	90
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	50	90
Net change in cash	0	(60)
Cash - beginning of period	1,000	969
Cash - end of period	1,000	909
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	(76,536,000)	(29,137,000)
Reconciliation of net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979,000	23,309,000
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256,000	4,374,000
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122,000	16,112,000
Goodwill impairment	29,316,000	0
Loss on Disposal of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	14,917,000	961,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100,000)	(1,800,000)
Provision for doubtful accounts	952,000	967,000
Deferred tax expense	280,000	216,000
Other	1,304,000	754,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from business acquisitions:
Accounts and notes receivable, net of securitization	9,200,000	(2,873,000)
Inventories	675,000	(31,589,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	6,114,000	(17,090,000)
Accounts payable	(20,139,000)	5,141,000
Accrued interest expense	24,676,000	16,146,000
Other current liabilities	(1,504,000)	(2,069,000)
Other assets and liabilities	3,134,000	(2,778,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	42,646,000	(19,356,000)
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	(68,655,000)
Capital expenditures	(25,607,000)	(17,562,000)
Proceeds from sale of assets	3,575,000	1,417,000
Other	(14,000)	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(22,046,000)	(84,800,000)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Distributions	(52,493,000)	(42,200,000)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	21,321,000	83,044,000
Payments on long-term debt	(4,380,000)	(44,388,000)
Net additions to (reductions in) short-term borrowings	20,072,000	52,711,000
Net additions to collateralized short-term borrowings		14,000,000
Repayments of Other Short-term Debt	(2,000,000)
Cash paid for financing costs	(142,000)	(182,000)
Contributions from partners	30,000	42,655,000
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(17,592,000)	105,640,000
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	0	(2,000)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	3,008,000	1,482,000
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	5,600,000	8,283,000
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	8,608,000	9,765,000
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	(3,050)	(160)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from business acquisitions:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(3,050)	(160)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Capital contribution	3,050	50
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	3,050	50
Net change in cash	0	(110)
Cash - beginning of period	1,100	1,100
Cash - end of period	$ 1,100	$ 990

Partnership Organization And Formation

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Partnership Organization And Formation

Partnership organization and formation

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (“Ferrellgas Partners”) was formed April 19, 1994, and is a publicly traded limited partnership, owning an approximate 99% limited partner interest in Ferrellgas, L.P. (the "operating partnership"). Ferrellgas Partners and the operating partnership, collectively referred to as “Ferrellgas,” are both Delaware limited partnerships and are governed by their respective partnership agreements. Ferrellgas Partners was formed to acquire and hold a limited partner interest in the operating partnership. As of October 31, 2015, Ferrell Companies, Inc. ("Ferrell Companies") beneficially owns 22.8 million Ferrellgas Partners common units. Ferrellgas, Inc. (the "general partner"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrell Companies, has retained a 1% general partner interest in Ferrellgas Partners and also holds an approximate 1% general partner interest in the operating partnership, representing an effective 2% general partner interest in Ferrellgas on a combined basis. As general partner, it performs all management functions required by Ferrellgas. Creditors of the operating partnership have no recourse with regards to Ferrellgas Partners.

Ferrellgas Partners is a holding entity that conducts no operations and has two subsidiaries, Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. and the operating partnership. Ferrellgas Partners owns a 100% equity interest in Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp., whose only business activity is to act as the co-issuer and co-obligor of debt issued by Ferrellgas Partners. The operating partnership is the only operating subsidiary of Ferrellgas Partners.

Ferrellgas is engaged in the following reportable business segment activities:

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Propane and related equipment sales consists of the distribution of propane and related equipment and supplies. The propane distribution market is seasonal because propane is used primarily for heating in residential and commercial buildings. Ferrellgas serves residential, industrial/commercial, portable tank exchange, agricultural, wholesale and other customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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Midstream operations consists of two reportable operating segments: crude oil logistics and water solutions. The crude oil logistics segment ("Bridger") generates income by providing crude oil transportation and logistics services on behalf of producers and end-users of crude oil. Bridger's services include transportation through its operation of a fleet of trucks and tank trailers and railcars primarily servicing Texas, Lousiana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wyoming; pipeline services in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas; and crude oil purchase and sale in connection with pipeline management services. The salt water disposal wells within the water solutions segment are located in the Eagle Ford shale region of south Texas and are a critical component of the oil and natural gas well drilling industry. Oil and natural gas wells generate significant volumes of salt water. In the oil and gas fields Ferrellgas services, these volumes of water are transported by truck away from the fields to salt water disposal wells where a combination of gravity and chemicals are used to separate crude oil from the salt water through a process that results in the collection of "skimming oil". This skimming oil is then captured and sold before the salt water is injected into underground geologic formations using high-pressure pumps.

Due to seasonality, the results of operations for the three months ended October 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full fiscal year ending July 31, 2016.

The condensed consolidated financial statements of Ferrellgas reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. All adjustments to the condensed consolidated financial statements were of a normal recurring nature. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with (i) the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and (ii) the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in Ferrellgas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2015.

Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]

Partnership Organization And Formation

Formation

Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. (the “Finance Corp.”), a Delaware corporation, was formed on March 28, 1996 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

The condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the interim periods presented. All adjustments to the condensed financial statements were of a normal recurring nature.

The Finance Corp. has nominal assets, does not conduct any operations and has no employees.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Partnership Organization And Formation

Partnership organization and formation

Ferrellgas, L.P. is a limited partnership that owns and operates propane distribution and related assets as well as salt water disposal wells in south Texas. Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (“Ferrellgas Partners”), a publicly traded limited partnership, holds an approximate 99% limited partner interest in, and consolidates, Ferrellgas, L.P. Ferrellgas, Inc. (the “general partner”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrell Companies, Inc. (“Ferrell Companies”), holds an approximate 1% general partner interest in Ferrellgas, L.P. and performs all management functions required by Ferrellgas, L.P.

Ferrellgas, L.P. owns a 100% equity interest in Ferrellgas Finance Corp., whose only business activity is to act as the co-issuer and co-obligor of debt issued by Ferrellgas, L.P.

Ferrellgas, L.P. is engaged in the following reportable business segment activities:

•

Propane and related equipment sales consists of the distribution of propane and related equipment and supplies. The propane distribution market is seasonal because propane is used primarily for heating in residential and commercial buildings. Ferrellgas, L.P. serves residential, industrial/commercial, portable tank exchange, agricultural, wholesale and other customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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Midstream operations consists of two reportable operating segments: crude oil logistics and water solutions. The crude oil logistics segment ("Bridger") generates income by providing crude oil transportation and logistics services on behalf of producers and end-users of crude oil. Bridger's services include transportation through its operation of a fleet of trucks and tank trailers and railcars primarily servicing Texas, Lousiana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wyoming; pipeline services in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas; and crude oil purchase and sale in connection with pipeline management services. The salt water disposal wells within the water solutions segment are located in the Eagle Ford shale region of south Texas and are a critical component of the oil and natural gas well drilling industry. Oil and natural gas wells generate significant volumes of salt water. In the oil and gas fields Ferrellgas, L.P. services, these volumes of water are transported by truck away from the fields to salt water disposal wells where a combination of gravity and chemicals are used to separate crude oil from the salt water through a process that results in the collection of "skimming oil". This skimming oil is then captured and sold before the salt water is injected into underground geologic formations using high-pressure pumps.

Due to seasonality, the results of operations for the three months ended October 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full fiscal year ending July 31, 2016.

The condensed consolidated financial statements of Ferrellgas, L.P. and subsidiaries reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. All adjustments to the condensed consolidated financial statements were of a normal recurring nature. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with (i) the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and (ii) the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in Ferrellgas, L.P.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2015.

Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]

Partnership Organization And Formation

Formation

Ferrellgas Finance Corp. (the “Finance Corp.”), a Delaware corporation, was formed on January 16, 2003 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrellgas, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

The Finance Corp. has nominal assets, does not conduct any operations and has no employees.

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of significant accounting policies

(1) Accounting estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates impacting the condensed consolidated financial statements include accruals that have been established for contingent liabilities, pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business, useful lives of property, plant and equipment assets, residual values of tanks, capitalization of customer tank installation costs, amortization methods of intangible assets, valuation methods used to value sales returns and allowances, allowance for doubtful accounts, fair value of reporting units, assumptions used to value business combinations, fair values of derivative contracts and stock based compensation calculations.

(2) Goodwill: Ferrellgas records goodwill as the excess of the cost of acquisitions over the fair value of the related net assets at the date of acquisition. Ferrellgas has determined that it has five reporting units for goodwill impairment testing purposes. Four of these reporting units contain goodwill that is subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair-value-based test. Under this test, the carrying value of each reporting unit is determined by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of the evaluation on a specific identification basis. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the reporting unit’s goodwill may be impaired and the second step of the impairment test must be performed. In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is determined by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for that excess. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015. See Note F – Goodwill and intangible assets, net – for further discussion of Ferrellgas' goodwill impairment assessment.

(3) Assets held for sale: Assets held for sale represent tractor trucks that have met the criteria of “held for sale” accounting. During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Ferrellgas committed to a plan to sell certain trucks held by the Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. These assets were reclassified from "Vehicles, including transport trailers" to Assets held for sale in the accompanying balance sheet as of October 31, 2015. Ferrellgas ceased depreciation on these assets during October 2015.

(4) New accounting standards:

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-09

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The issuance is part of a joint effort by the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") to enhance financial reporting by creating common revenue recognition guidance for U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and, thereby, improving the consistency of requirements, comparability of practices and usefulness of disclosures. The new standard will supersede much of the existing authoritative literature for revenue recognition. The standard and related amendments will be effective for Ferrellgas for its annual reporting period beginning August 1, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is not permitted. Entities are allowed to transition to the new standard by either recasting prior periods or recognizing the cumulative effect. Ferrellgas is currently evaluating the newly issued guidance, including which transition approach will be applied and the estimated impact it will have on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-08

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, to change the criteria for determining which disposals can be presented as discontinued operations and enhanced the related disclosure requirements. ASU 2014-08 is effective for us on a prospective basis in Ferrellgas' first quarter of fiscal 2016 with early adoption permitted for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued. The adoption of ASU 2014-08 in Ferrellgas' first quarter of fiscal 2016 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-02

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which provides additional guidance on the consolidation of limited partnerships and on the evaluation of variable interest entities. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. Ferrellgas is currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2015-02 on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-03

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the debt liability. ASU 2015-03 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted, and retrospective application required. Ferrellgas is currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2015-03 on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-06

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-06, Business Combinations (Topic 805) - Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires all entities to record the effects on earnings, if any, of changes in provisional amounts for items in a business combination in the same period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The requirement to retrospectively account for the adjustments is eliminated by this amendment. ASU 2015-06 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. Ferrellgas is currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2015-06 on the consolidated financial statements.

(5) Supplemental cash flow information: For purposes of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, Ferrellgas considers cash equivalents to include all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Certain cash flow and significant non-cash activities are presented below:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
CASH PAID FOR:
Interest	$	3,780	$	2,978
Income taxes	$	—	$	260
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	$	1,727	$	1,857

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of significant accounting policies

(1) Accounting estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates impacting the condensed consolidated financial statements include accruals that have been established for contingent liabilities, pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business, useful lives of property, plant and equipment, residual values of tanks, capitalization of customer tank installation costs, amortization methods of intangible assets, valuation methods used to value sales returns and allowances, valuation methods used to value intangibles and goodwill in business combinations, allowance for doubtful accounts, fair value of reporting units, fair value of derivative contracts, and stock based compensation calculations.

(2) Goodwill: Ferrellgas, L.P. records goodwill as the excess of the cost of acquisitions over the fair value of the related net assets at the date of acquisition. Ferrellgas, L.P. has determined that it has five reporting units for goodwill impairment testing purposes. Four of these reporting units contain goodwill that is subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair-value-based test. Under this test, the carrying value of each reporting unit is determined by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of the evaluation on a specific identification basis. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the reporting unit’s goodwill may be impaired and the second step of the impairment test must be performed. In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is determined by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for that excess. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015. See Note F – Goodwill and intangible assets, net – for further discussion of Ferrellgas, L.P.'s Goodwill impairment assessment.

(3) Assets held for sale: Assets held for sale represent tractor trucks that have met the criteria of “held for sale” accounting. During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Ferrellgas, L.P. committed to a plan to sell certain trucks held by the Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. These assets were reclassified from "Vehicles, including transport trailers" to assets held for sale in the accompanying balance sheet as of October 31, 2015. Ferrellgas, L.P. ceased depreciation on these assets during October 2015.

(4) New accounting standards:

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-09

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-08

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, to change the criteria for determining which disposals can be presented as discontinued operations and enhanced the related disclosure requirements. ASU 2014-08 is effective for us on a prospective basis in Ferrellgas' first quarter of fiscal 2016 with early adoption permitted for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued. The adoption of ASU 2014-08 in Ferrellgas, L.P.'s first quarter of fiscal 2016 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-02

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-03

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-06

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-06, Business Combinations (Topic 805) - Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires all entities to record the effects on earnings, if any, of changes in provisional amounts for items in a business combination in the same period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The requirement to retrospectively account for the adjustments is eliminated by this amendment. ASU 2015-06 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. Ferrellgas, L.P. is currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2015-06 on the consolidated financial statements.

(5) Supplemental cash flow information: For purposes of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, Ferrellgas, L.P. considers cash equivalents to include all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Certain cash flow and significant non-cash activities are presented below:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
CASH PAID FOR:
Interest	$	3,779		$	2,978
Income taxes	$	—		$	260
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	$	1,727		$	1,857
Contributions in connection with acquisitions	$	(284	)

- Definition

The entire disclosure for all significant accounting policies of the reporting entity.

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Business combinations Business combinations

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Business combinations

Ferrellgas records the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination at their acquisition date fair values. An entity is allowed a reasonable period of time (not to exceed one year) to obtain the information necessary to identify and measure the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. The Bridger acquisition, which occurred during the year ended July 31, 2015, is still within this measurement period, and as a result, the acquisition date fair values Ferrellgas recorded for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are subject to change. Also Ferrellgas made certain adjustments during the three months ended October 31, 2015 to its estimates of the acquisition date fair values of the Bridger assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

On June 24, 2015, Ferrellgas acquired Bridger and formed a new midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment based near Dallas, Texas. Ferrellgas paid $560.0 million of cash, net of cash acquired and issued $260.0 million of Ferrellgas Partners common units to the seller, along with $2.5 million of other seller costs and consideration for an aggregate value of $822.5 million. The purchase agreement for the Bridger acquisition contemplates post-closing payments for certain working capital items. Ferrellgas is in the process of identifying and determining the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in this business combination, and as a result, the estimates of fair value at October 31, 2015 remain subject to change to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date. Ferrellgas is currently determining the appropriate value of working capital acquired with the former owners of Bridger. Ferrellgas has preliminarily estimated the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:



	Estimated At
	October 31, 2015 (as adjusted)			July 31, 2015 (as initially reported)		Measuring period adjustments
Working capital	$	(5,890	)	$	1,783	$	(7,673	)
Transportation equipment	293,491			293,491		—
Injection stations and pipelines	41,632			41,632		—
Goodwill	203,495			193,311		10,184
Customer relationships	259,300			261,811		(2,511		)
Non-compete agreements	14,800			14,800		—
Trade names & trademarks	5,800			5,800		—
Office equipment	7,449			7,449		—
Other	2,375			2,375		—
Aggregate fair value of net assets acquired	$	822,452		$	822,452	$	—

Pro forma results of operations (unaudited):

The following summarized unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of earnings information assumes that the acquisition of Bridger during fiscal 2015 occurred as of August 1, 2014. These unaudited pro forma results are for comparative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results that would have occurred had this acquisition been completed on August 1, 2014 or the results that would be attained in the future.



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2014
Revenue	$	528,611
Net loss	(36,519		)
Net loss per common unitholders' interest	$	(0.42	)

The unaudited pro forma consolidated data presented above has also been prepared as if the following transactions had been completed on August 1, 2014:


•	the issuance of senior secured notes in June 2015;


•	the sale of common units in June 2015 in a public offering; and


•	the issuance of common units to the seller in June 2015.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Business combinations

Ferrellgas, L.P. records the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination at their acquisition date fair values. An entity is allowed a reasonable period of time (not to exceed one year) to obtain the information necessary to identify and measure the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. The Bridger acquisition, which occurred during the year ended July 31, 2015, is still within this measurement period, and as a result, the acquisition date fair values Ferrellgas, L.P. recorded for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are subject to change. Also Ferrellgas, L.P. made certain adjustments during the three months ended October 31, 2015 to its estimates of the acquisition date fair values of the Bridger assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

On June 24, 2015, Ferrellgas Partners acquired Bridger and formed a new midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment based near Dallas, Texas. Ferrellgas paid $560.0 million of cash, net of cash acquired and issued $260.0 million of Ferrellgas Partners common units to the seller, along with $2.5 million of other seller costs and consideration for an aggregate value of $822.5 million. Ferrellgas Partners then contributed the Bridger assets and liabilities to Ferrellgas, L.P. The purchase agreement for the Bridger acquisition contemplates post-closing payments for certain working capital items. Ferrellgas, L.P. is in the process of identifying and determining the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in this business combination, and as a result, the estimates of fair value at October 31, 2015 are subject to change. Ferrellgas, L.P. is currently determining the appropriate value of working capital acquired with the former owners of Bridger. Ferrellgas, L.P. has preliminarily estimated the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:



	Estimated At
	October 31, 2015 (as adjusted)			July 31, 2015 (as initially reported)		Measuring period adjustments
Working capital	$	(5,890	)	$	1,783	$	(7,673	)
Transportation equipment	293,491			293,491		—
Injection stations and pipelines	41,632			41,632		—
Goodwill	203,495			193,311		10,184
Customer relationships	259,300			261,811		(2,511		)
Non-compete agreements	14,800			14,800		—
Trade names & trademarks	5,800			5,800		—
Office equipment	7,449			7,449		—
Other	2,375			2,375		—
Aggregate fair value of net assets acquired	$	822,452		$	822,452	$	—

Pro forma results of operations (unaudited):



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2014
Revenue	$	528,611
Net loss	(32,487		)

The unaudited pro forma consolidated data presented above has also been prepared as if the following transaction had been completed on August 1, 2014:


•	the issuance of senior secured notes in June 2015.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for a business combination (or series of individually immaterial business combinations) completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. The disclosure may include leverage buyout transactions (as applicable).

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Supplemental Financial Statement Information

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Supplemental Financial Statement Information

Supplemental financial statement information

Inventories consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane gas and related products	$	68,420	$	68,731
Appliances, parts and supplies	27,659		28,023
Inventories	$	96,079	$	96,754

In addition to inventories on hand, Ferrellgas enters into contracts primarily to buy propane for supply procurement purposes with terms up to 36 months. Most of these contracts call for payment based on market prices at the date of delivery. As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had committed, for supply procurement purposes, to take delivery of approximately 99.7 million gallons of propane at fixed prices.

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:



		October 31,		July 31,
	Estimated Useful Lives	2015		2015
Land	Indefinite	$	34,359	$	34,389
Land improvements	2-20	13,329		13,249
Building and improvements	20	71,748		71,923
Vehicles, including transport trailers	8-20	202,139		228,646
Bulk equipment and district facilities	5-30	110,833		111,657
Tanks, cylinders and customer equipment	2-30	771,569		772,904
Salt water disposal wells and related equipment	2-23	44,969		38,460
Rail cars	30	150,392		150,235
Injection stations	20	38,562		37,619
Pipeline	15	4,074		4,074
Computer and office equipment	2-5	120,896		123,386
Construction in progress	n/a	21,665		16,841
		1,584,535		1,603,383
Less: accumulated depreciation		643,252		638,166
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	941,283	$	965,217

Other current liabilities consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Accrued interest	$	45,881	$	17,281
Accrued payroll	17,643		17,485
Customer deposits and advances	38,602		28,792
Price risk management liabilities	27,639		31,450
Other	71,199		85,679
Other current liabilities	$	200,964	$	180,687

Shipping and handling expenses are classified in the following condensed consolidated statements of earnings line items:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Operating expense	$	40,535	$	45,790
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,115		1,449
Equipment lease expense	6,429		4,866
	$	48,079	$	52,105

During the three month period ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas committed to a plan to dispose of certain assets in its Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. As of October 31, 2015, this plan resulted in 69 tractor trucks sold and 136 tractor trucks reclassified from "Vehicles, including transport trailers" to Assets held for sale. For the three months ended October 31, 2015, Loss on disposal of assets and other includes a loss of $1.3 million related to the sale of these trucks and $12.1 million related to the write-down of these trucks classified as Assets held for sale. Loss on disposal of assets and other consists of:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Loss on assets held for sale	$	12,112	$	—
Loss on sale of assets held for sale	1,259		—
Loss on sale of assets	1,546		961
Loss on disposal of assets and other	$	14,917	$	961

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Supplemental Financial Statement Information

Supplemental financial statement information

Inventories consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane gas and related products	$	68,420	$	68,731
Appliances, parts and supplies	27,659		28,023
Inventories	$	96,079	$	96,754

In addition to inventories on hand, Ferrellgas, L.P. enters into contracts primarily to buy propane for supply procurement purposes with terms up to 36 months. Most of these contracts call for payment based on market prices at the date of delivery. As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had committed, for supply procurement purposes, to take delivery of approximately 51.0 million gallons of propane at fixed prices.

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:



		October 31,		July 31,
	Estimated useful lives	2015		2015
Land	Indefinite	$	34,359	$	34,389
Land improvements	2-20	13,329		13,249
Building and improvements	20	71,748		71,923
Vehicles, including transport trailers	8-20	202,139		228,646
Bulk equipment and district facilities	5-30	110,833		111,657
Tanks, cylinders and customer equipment	2-30	771,569		772,904
Salt water disposal wells and related equipment	2-23	44,969		38,460
Rail cars	30	150,392		150,235
Injection stations	20	38,562		37,619
Pipeline	15	4,074		4,074
Computer and office equipment	2-5	120,896		123,386
Construction in progress	n/a	21,665		16,841
		1,584,535		1,603,383
Less: accumulated depreciation		643,252		638,166
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	941,283	$	965,217

Other current liabilities consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Accrued interest	$	39,951	$	15,275
Accrued payroll	17,643		17,485
Customer deposits and advances	38,602		28,792
Price risk management liabilities	27,639		31,450
Other	71,194		83,174
Other current liabilities	$	195,029	$	176,176

Shipping and handling expenses are classified in the following condensed consolidated statements of earnings line items:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Operating expense	$	40,535	$	45,790
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,115		1,449
Equipment lease expense	6,429		4,866
	$	48,079	$	52,105

During the three month period ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. committed to a plan to dispose of certain assets in its Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. As of October 31, 2015, this plan resulted in 69 tractor trucks sold and 136 tractor trucks reclassified from "Vehicles, including transport trailers" to Assets held for sale. For the three months ended October 31, 2015, Loss on disposal of assets and other includes a loss of $1.3 million related to the sale of these trucks and $12.1 million related to the write-down of these trucks classified as Assets held for sale. Loss on disposal of assets and other consists of:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Loss on assets held for sale	$	12,112	$	—
Loss on sale of assets held for sale	1,259		—
Loss on sale of assets	1,546		961
Loss on disposal of assets and other	$	14,917	$	961

Accounts And Notes Receivable, Net And Accounts Receivable Securitization

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Accounts And Notes Receivable, Net And Accounts Receivable Securitization

Accounts and notes receivable, net and accounts receivable securitization

Accounts and notes receivable, net consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015			July 31, 2015
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	$	113,792		$	123,791
Accounts receivable	70,893			77,636
Other	509			307
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(6,516		)	(4,816		)
Accounts and notes receivable, net	$	178,678		$	196,918

At October 31, 2015, $113.8 million of trade accounts receivable were pledged as collateral against $68.0 million of collateralized notes payable due to the commercial paper conduit. At July 31, 2015, $123.8 million of trade accounts receivable were pledged as collateral against $70.0 million of collateralized notes payable due to the commercial paper conduit. These accounts receivable pledged as collateral are bankruptcy remote from the operating partnership. The operating partnership does not provide any guarantee or similar support to the collectability of these accounts receivable pledged as collateral.

As of October 31, 2015, the operating partnership had received cash proceeds of $68.0 million from trade accounts receivables securitized, with no remaining capacity to receive additional proceeds. As of July 31, 2015, the operating partnership had received cash proceeds of $70.0 million from trade accounts receivables securitized, with no remaining capacity to receive additional proceeds. Borrowings under the accounts receivable securitization facility had a weighted average interest rate of 2.7% and 2.3% as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, respectively.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Accounts And Notes Receivable, Net And Accounts Receivable Securitization

Accounts and notes receivable, net and accounts receivable securitization

Accounts and notes receivable, net consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015			July 31, 2015
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	$	113,792		$	123,791
Accounts receivable	70,893			77,636
Other	509			307
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(6,516		)	(4,816		)
Accounts and notes receivable, net	$	178,678		$	196,918

At October 31, 2015, $113.8 million of trade accounts receivable were pledged as collateral against $68.0 million of collateralized notes payable due to a commercial paper conduit. At July 31, 2015, $123.8 million of trade accounts receivable were pledged as collateral against $70.0 million of collateralized notes payable due to the commercial paper conduit. These accounts receivable pledged as collateral are bankruptcy remote from Ferrellgas, L.P. Ferrellgas, L.P. does not provide any guarantee or similar support to the collectability of these accounts receivable pledged as collateral.

As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had received cash proceeds of $68.0 million from trade accounts receivables securitized, with no remaining capacity to receive additional proceeds. As of July 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had received cash proceeds of $70.0 million from trade accounts receivables securitized, with no remaining capacity to receive additional proceeds. Borrowings under the accounts receivable securitization facility had a weighted average interest rate of 2.7% and 2.3% as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for claims held for amounts due a entity, excluding financing receivables. Examples include, but are not limited to, trade accounts receivables, notes receivables, loans receivables. Includes disclosure for allowance for credit losses.

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Goodwill and intangibles Goodwill and intangibles

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Goodwill [Line Items]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

Ferrellgas records goodwill as the excess of the cost of acquisitions over the fair value of the related net assets at the date of acquisition.

Ferrellgas tests goodwill for impairment annually during the second quarter or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015.

The first step of this test primarily consists of a discounted future cash flow model to predict fair value. The result of this first step is based on the following critical assumptions: (1) the NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) crude oil curve was used to estimate future oil prices; (2) the oil skimming rate was expected to increase or decrease consistent with the projected increases/decreases in the NYMEX WTI crude oil curve consistent with past history; and (3) certain organic growth projects were projected to increase the salt water volumes processed as new drilling activity increases associated with the projected NYMEX WTI crude oil curve. As noted in our discussion of this reporting unit in Ferrellgas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2015, Ferrellgas believes that the results of this business are closely tied to the price of WTI crude oil. The daily average closing price for WTI crude oil for the three months ended July 31, 2015 of $56.63 decreased 20.7% to $44.90 during the three months ended October 31, 2015. Additionally, the projected NYMEX WTI crude oil curve decreased approximately 6.5% from August 31, 2015 to October 31, 2015. These events have led to an overall decline in drilling activity and volumes in the Eagle Ford shale region of Texas. These market changes, in addition to previous declines noted during fiscal year 2015, negatively affected Ferrellgas' current period results and future projections sufficiently to indicate that the fair value of the reporting unit likely no longer exceeded its carrying value.

In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is determined by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for that excess.

As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas performed the first step of the goodwill impairment test for the Midstream operations - water solutions reporting unit and determined that the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded the fair value. Ferrellgas then completed the second step of the goodwill impairment analysis comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit to the carrying amount of goodwill and determined that goodwill was completely impaired and has written off the entire $29.3 million of goodwill related to this reporting unit.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by reportable segment, are as follows:



	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - water solutions			Midstream operations - crude oil logistics		Total
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	29,316		$	193,311	$	478,747
Acquisitions	—		—			—		—
Revisions to acquisition accounting	—		—			10,184		10,184
Impairment	—		(29,316		)	—		(29,316		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	—		$	203,495	$	459,615

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Goodwill [Line Items]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

Ferrellgas, L.P. records goodwill as the excess of the cost of acquisitions over the fair value of the related net assets at the date of acquisition.

Ferrellgas, L.P. tests goodwill for impairment annually during the second quarter or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015.

The first step of this test primarily consists of a discounted future cash flow model to predict fair value. The result of this first step is based on the following critical assumptions: (1) the NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) crude oil curve was used to estimate future oil prices; (2) the oil skimming rate was expected to increase or decrease consistent with the projected increases/decreases in the NYMEX WTI crude oil curve consistent with past history; and (3) certain organic growth projects were projected to increase the salt water volumes processed as new drilling activity increases associated with the projected NYMEX WTI crude oil curve. As noted in our discussion of this reporting unit in Ferrellgas, L.P.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. believes that the results of this business are closely tied to the price of WTI crude oil. The daily average closing price for WTI crude oil for the three months ended July 31, 2015 of $56.63 decreased 20.7% to $44.90 during the three months ended October 31, 2015. Additionally, the projected NYMEX WTI crude oil curve decreased approximately 6.5% from August 31, 2015 to October 31, 2015. These events have led to an overall decline in drilling activity and volumes in the Eagle Ford shale region of Texas. These market changes negatively affected Ferrellgas, L.P.'s current period results and future projections sufficiently to indicate that the fair value of the reporting unit likely no longer exceeded its carrying value.

As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. performed the first step of the goodwill impairment test for the Midstream operations - water solutions reporting unit and determined that the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded the fair value. Ferrellgas, L.P. then completed the second step of the goodwill impairment analysis comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit to the carrying amount of goodwill and determined that goodwill was completely impaired and has written off the entire $29.3 million of goodwill related to this reporting unit.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by reportable segment, are as follows:



	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - water solutions			Midstream operations - crude oil logistics		Total
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	29,316		$	193,311	$	478,747
Acquisitions	—		—			—		—
Revisions to acquisition accounting	—		—			10,184		10,184
Impairment	—		(29,316		)	—		(29,316		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	—		$	203,495	$	459,615

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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Debt	3 Months Ended
Debt	Oct. 31, 2015
Debt	Debt Short-term borrowings Ferrellgas classified a portion of its secured credit facility borrowings as short-term because it was used to fund working capital needs that management had intended to pay down within the 12 month period following each balance sheet date. As of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, $95.4 million and $75.3 million, respectively, were classified as short-term borrowings. For further discussion see the secured credit facility section below. Secured credit facility As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had total borrowings outstanding under its secured credit facility of $250.2 million, of which $154.8 million was classified as long-term debt. As of July 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had total borrowings outstanding under its secured credit facility of $211.4 million, of which $136.1 million was classified as long-term debt. Borrowings outstanding at October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015 under the secured credit facility had weighted average interest rates of 3.3% and 3.5%, respectively. The obligations under this credit facility are secured by substantially all assets of Ferrellgas, the general partner and certain subsidiaries of Ferrellgas but specifically excluding (a) assets that are subject to Ferrellgas’ accounts receivable securitization facility, (b) the general partner’s equity interest in Ferrellgas Partners and (c) equity interest in certain unrestricted subsidiaries. Such obligations are also guaranteed by the general partner and certain subsidiaries of Ferrellgas. Letters of credit outstanding at October 31, 2015 totaled $71.5 million and were used primarily to secure insurance arrangements and, to a lesser extent, product purchases. Letters of credit outstanding at July 31, 2015 totaled $61.2 million and were used primarily to secure insurance arrangements and, to a lesser extent, product purchases. At October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had remaining letter of credit capacity of $128.5 million. At July 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had remaining letter of credit capacity of $138.8 million.
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Debt	Debt Short-term borrowings Ferrellgas, L.P. classified a portion of its secured credit facility borrowings as short-term because it was used to fund working capital needs that management had intended to pay down within the 12 month period following each balance sheet date. As of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, $95.4 million and $75.3 million, respectively, were classified as short-term borrowings. For further discussion see the secured credit facility section below. Secured credit facility As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had total borrowings outstanding under its secured credit facility of $250.2 million, of which $154.8 million was classified as long-term debt. As of July 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had total borrowings outstanding under its secured credit facility of $211.4 million, of which $136.1 million was classified as long-term debt. Borrowings outstanding at October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015 under the secured credit facility had weighted average interest rates of 3.3% and 3.5%, respectively. The obligations under this credit facility are secured by substantially all assets of Ferrellgas, L.P., the general partner and certain subsidiaries of Ferrellgas, L.P. but specifically excluding (a) assets that are subject to Ferrellgas, L.P.’s accounts receivable securitization facility, (b) the general partner’s equity interest in Ferrellgas Partners and (c) equity interest in certain unrestricted subsidiaries. Such obligations are also guaranteed by the general partner and certain subsidiaries of Ferrellgas, L.P. Letters of credit outstanding at October 31, 2015 totaled $71.5 million and were used primarily to secure insurance arrangements and to a lesser extent, product purchases. Letters of credit outstanding at July 31, 2015 totaled $61.2 million and were used primarily to secure insurance arrangements and, to a lesser extent, product purchases. At October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had remaining letter of credit capacity of $128.5 million. At July 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. had remaining letter of credit capacity of $138.8 million.

Partners' Capital

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Partners' Capital

Partners' capital

Partnership distributions paid

Ferrellgas Partners has paid the following distributions:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Public common unitholders	$	32,439	$	27,788
Ferrell Companies (1)	11,546		11,265
FCI Trading Corp. (2)	100		98
Ferrell Propane, Inc. (3)	26		26
James E. Ferrell (4)	2,441		2,179
James H. Ballengee (5)	4,891		—
General partner	520		418
	$	51,963	$	41,774

(1) Ferrell Companies is the owner of the general partner and is an approximate 22.4% direct owner of Ferrellgas Partners' common units and thus a related party. Ferrell Companies also beneficially owns 195,686 and 51,204 common units of Ferrellgas Partners held by FCI Trading Corp. ("FCI Trading") and Ferrell Propane, Inc. ("Ferrell Propane"), respectively, bringing Ferrell Companies' beneficial ownership to 22.7% at October 31, 2015.

(2) FCI Trading is an affiliate of the general partner and thus a related party.

(3) Ferrell Propane is controlled by the general partner and thus a related party.

(4) James E. Ferrell is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the general partner and thus a related party. JEF Capital Management owns 4,758,859 of these common units and is wholly-owned by the James E. Ferrell Revocable Trust Two for which James E. Ferrell is the trustee and sole beneficiary. The remaining 4,616 common units are held by Ferrell Resources Holding, Inc., which is wholly-owned by the James E. Ferrell Revocable Trust One, for which James E. Ferrell is the trustee and sole beneficiary.

(5) Jamex Marketing, LLC, is the unitholder of record of these common units. Jamex, LLC is the majority member of Jamex Marketing, LLC. Ballengee Interests, LLC is the majority member of Jamex, LLC. James H. Ballengee is the manager of each of Jamex, LLC, Jamex Marketing, LLC and Ballengee Interests, LLC. James Marketing, LLC and Bridger regularly conduct business in their normal operations, and is a related party.

On November 24, 2015, Ferrellgas Partners declared a cash distribution of $0.5125 per common unit for the three months ended October 31, 2015, which is expected to be paid on December 15, 2015. Included in this cash distribution are the following amounts to be paid to related parties:



Ferrell Companies	$	11,546
FCI Trading Corp.	100
Ferrell Propane, Inc.	26
James E. Ferrell	2,441
James H. Ballengee	3,668
General Partner	507

See additional discussions about transactions with related parties in Note K – Transactions with related parties.

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”)

See Note J – Derivative instruments and hedging activities – for details regarding changes in the fair value of risk management financial derivatives recorded within AOCI for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014.

General partner’s commitment to maintain its capital account

Ferrellgas’ partnership agreements allow the general partner to have an option to maintain its effective 2% general partner interest concurrent with the issuance of other additional equity.

During the three months ended October 31, 2015, the general partner made non-cash contributions of $0.3 million to Ferrellgas to maintain its effective 2% general partner interest.

During the three months ended October 31, 2014, the general partner made cash contributions of $0.9 million and non-cash contributions of $0.4 million to Ferrellgas to maintain its effective 2% general partner interest.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Partners' Capital

Partners’ capital

Partnership distributions paid

Ferrellgas, L.P. has paid the following distributions:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Ferrellgas Partners	$	51,963	$	41,774
General partner	530		426
	$	52,493	$	42,200

On November 24, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. declared distributions for the three months ended October 31, 2015 to Ferrellgas Partners and the general partner of $58.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively, which are expected to be paid on December 15, 2015.

See additional discussions about transactions with related parties in Note K – Transactions with related parties.

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”)

General partner’s commitment to maintain its capital account

Ferrellgas, L.P.’s partnership agreement allows the general partner to have an option to maintain its 1.0101% general partner interest concurrent with the issuance of other additional equity.

During the three months ended October 31, 2015, the general partner made non-cash contributions of $0.1 million to Ferrellgas, L.P. to maintain its 1.0101% general partner interest.

During the three months ended October 31, 2014, the general partner made cash contributions of $0.4 million and non-cash contributions of $0.2 million to Ferrellgas, L.P. to maintain its 1.0101% general partner interest.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the formation, structure, control and ownership of the partnership. Disclosures related to accounts comprising partners' capital. Includes balances of general partners' capital account, limited partners' capital account, preferred partners' capital account and total partners' capital account and units outstanding; accumulated other comprehensive income; amount and nature of changes to amount of partner's capital and units outstanding by class, rights and privileges for each class of units; distribution policies and distributions paid by unit class; impact of and correction of an error in previously issued financial statements; limitations of partners' liability; redemption, conversion and distribution policies; and deferred compensation related to the issuance of units.

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Fair Value Measurements

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value measurements

Derivative financial instruments, assets held for sale, goodwill impairment and contingent consideration

The following table presents Ferrellgas’ financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each of the fair value hierarchy levels, including both current and noncurrent portions, as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015:



	Asset (Liability)
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total
October 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	2,427		$	—		$	2,427
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	3,577		$	—		$	3,577
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,220	)	$	—		$	(4,220	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(33,301	)	$	—		$	(33,301	)


July 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	1,828		$	—		$	1,828
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	4,655		$	—		$	4,655
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,748	)	$	—		$	(4,748	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(42,375	)	$	—		$	(42,375	)
Contingent consideration	$	—	$	—		$	(100	)	$	(100	)

Ferrellgas also measures the fair value of certain assets on a non-recurring basis when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Non-financial assets such as property, equipment, land, goodwill and intangible assets are also subject to non-recurring fair value measurements if they are deemed to be impaired. The impairment models used for non-financial assets depend on the type of asset. When the carrying amount of these assets no longer exceeds the fair value, an assessment of the fair value of the reporting unit's assets is prepared to determine the fair value of goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets.

As discussed in Note D - Supplemental financial statement information, during the three month period ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas committed to a plan to dispose of certain assets in its Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. Ferrellgas measures long-lived assets held for sale at the lower of carrying amount or estimated fair value. Ferrellgas recorded a loss on disposal of assets and other of $12.1 million during the three months ended October 31, 2015 to reduce the carrying amount of the property to its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.

During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015. See Note F – Goodwill and intangible assets, net – for further discussion of Ferrellgas' goodwill impairment assessment.

Upon completing the second step of an impairment test as of October 31, 2015 for the Midstream operations - water solutions reporting unit, Ferrellgas determined that goodwill was impaired and has written off the entire $29.3 million of goodwill related to this reporting unit.

The following table presents fair value measurements of certain assets on a non-recurring basis as of October 31, 2015:



	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total		Total gains (losses)
Assets held for sale	$	—	$	—	$	8,840	$	8,840	$	(12,112	)
Goodwill impairment for Midstream operations - water solutions segment									$	(29,316	)

The following is a reconciliation of the opening and closing balances for the liability measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the period ended October 31, 2015:



	Contingent consideration liability
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	100
Increase in fair value related to accretion	—
Change in fair value included in earnings	(100		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	—

Methodology

The fair values of Ferrellgas’ non-exchange traded commodity derivative contracts are based upon indicative price quotations available through brokers, industry price publications or recent market transactions and related market indicators. The fair values of interest rate swap contracts are based upon third-party quotes or indicative values based on recent market transactions. The fair value of the trucks classified as assets held for sale represents Ferrellgas' estimate of expected sales price less costs to sell. The fair value measurements used to determine this value of the assets held for sale were based on a market approach utilizing prices from prior transactions and third party pricing information.

Other financial instruments

The carrying amounts of other financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (except for current maturities of long-term debt) approximate their fair values because of their short-term nature. At October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, the estimated fair value of Ferrellgas’ long-term debt instruments was $1,805.7 million and $1,889.8 million, respectively. Ferrellgas estimates the fair value of long-term debt based on quoted market prices. The fair value of our consolidated debt obligations is a Level 2 valuation based on the observable inputs used for similar liabilities.

Ferrellgas has other financial instruments such as trade accounts receivable which could expose it to concentrations of credit risk. The credit risk from trade accounts receivable is limited because of a large customer base which extends across many different U.S. markets.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value measurements

Derivative financial instruments, assets held for sale, goodwill impairment and contingent consideration

The following table presents Ferrellgas, L.P.’s financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each of the fair value hierarchy levels, including both current and noncurrent portions, as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015:



	Asset (Liability)
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total
October 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	2,427		$	—		$	2,427
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	3,577		$	—		$	3,577
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,220	)	$	—		$	(4,220	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(33,301	)	$	—		$	(33,301	)

July 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	1,828		$	—		$	1,828
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	4,655		$	—		$	4,655
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,748	)	$	—		$	(4,748	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(42,375	)	$	—		$	(42,375	)
Contingent consideration	$	—	$	—		$	(100	)	$	(100	)

Ferrellgas, L.P. also measures the fair value of certain assets on a non-recurring basis when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Non-financial assets such as property, equipment, land, goodwill and intangible assets are also subject to non-recurring fair value measurements if they are deemed to be impaired. The impairment models used for non-financial assets depend on the type of asset. When the carrying amount of these assets no longer exceeds the fair value, an assessment of the fair value of the reporting unit's assets is prepared to determine the fair value of goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets.

As discussed in Note D - Supplemental financial statement information, during the three month period ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. committed to a plan to dispose of certain assets in its Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. Ferrellgas, L.P. measures long-lived assets held for sale at the lower of carrying amount or estimated fair value. Ferrellgas, L.P. recorded a loss on disposal of assets and other of $12.1 million during the three months ended October 31, 2015 to reduce the carrying amount of the property to its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.

During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015. See Note F – Goodwill and intangible assets, net – for further discussion of Ferrellgas' goodwill impairment assessment.

Upon completing the second step of an impairment test as of October 31, 2015 for the Midstream operations - water solutions reporting unit, Ferrellgas, L.P. determined that goodwill was impaired and has written off the entire $29.3 million of goodwill related to this reporting unit.

The following table presents fair value measurements of certain assets on a non-recurring basis as of October 31, 2015:



	Asset (Liability)
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total		Total gains (losses)
Assets held for sale	$	—	$	—	$	8,840	$	8,840	$	(12,112	)
Goodwill impairment for Midstream operations - water solutions segment									$	(29,316	)



	Contingent consideration liability
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	100
Increase in fair value related to accretion	—
Change in fair value included in earnings	(100		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	—

Methodology

The fair values of Ferrellgas, L.P.’s non-exchange traded commodity derivative contracts are based upon indicative price quotations available through brokers, industry price publications or recent market transactions and related market indicators. The fair values of interest rate swap contracts are based upon third-party quotes or indicative values based on recent market transactions. The fair value of the trucks classified as assets held for sale represents Ferrellgas, L.P's estimate of expected sales price less costs to sell. The fair value measurements used to determine this value of the assets held for sale were based on a market approach utilizing prices from prior transactions and third party pricing information.

Other financial instruments

The carrying amounts of other financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (except for current maturities of long-term debt) approximate their fair values because of their short-term nature. At October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, the estimated fair value of Ferrellgas, L.P.’s long-term debt instruments was $1,623.7 million and $1,700.5 million, respectively. Ferrellgas estimates the fair value of long-term debt based on quoted market prices. The fair value of our consolidated debt obligations is a Level 2 valuation based on the observable inputs used for similar liabilities.

Ferrellgas, L.P. has other financial instruments such as trade accounts receivable which could expose it to concentrations of credit risk. The credit risk from trade accounts receivable is limited because of a large customer base which extends across many different U.S. markets.

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The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Derivative instruments and hedging activities

Ferrellgas is exposed to certain market risks related to its ongoing business operations. These risks include exposure to changing commodity prices as well as fluctuations in interest rates. Ferrellgas utilizes derivative instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices. Of these, the propane commodity derivative instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. All other commodity derivative instruments do not qualify or are not designated as cash flow hedges, therefore, the change in their fair value are recorded currently in earnings. Ferrellgas also periodically utilizes derivative instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.

Derivative instruments and hedging activity

During the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, Ferrellgas did not recognize any gain or loss in earnings related to hedge ineffectiveness and did not exclude any component.

The following tables provide a summary of the fair value of derivatives in Ferrellgas’ condensed consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015:

October 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-propane

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,155

Other current liabilities

23,000

Commodity derivatives-propane

Other assets, net

422

Other liabilities

6,851

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,836

Other current liabilities

2,470

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

591

Other liabilities

1,750

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

2,169

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,281

Total

6,004

Total

37,521

July 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-propane

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,614

Other current liabilities

27,929

Commodity derivatives-propane

Other assets, net

1,041

Other liabilities

12,034

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,828

Other current liabilities

2,241

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

2,507

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

1,280

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,132

Total

6,483

Total

47,123

Ferrellgas' exchange traded commodity derivative contracts require cash margin deposit as collateral for contracts that are in a negative mark-to-market position. These cash margin deposits will be returned if mark-to-market conditions improve or will be applied against cash settlement when the contracts are settled. The following tables provide a summary of cash margin deposit balances as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, respectively:



	October 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	15,601	Other current liabilities	$	10
	Other assets, net	8,896		Other liabilities	—
		$	24,497		$	10



	July 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	18,009	Other current liabilities	$	15
	Other assets, net	11,786		Other liabilities	—
		$	29,795		$	15

The following tables provide a summary of the effect on Ferrellgas' condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 due to derivatives designated as fair value hedging instruments:



		Amount of Gain Recognized on Derivative				Amount of Interest Expense Recognized on Fixed-Rated Debt (Related Hedged Item)
Derivative Instrument	Location of Gain Recognized on Derivative	For the three months ended October 31,				For the three months ended October 31,
		2015		2014		2015			2014
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest expense	$	537	$	457	$	(2,275	)	$	(2,275	)

The following tables provide a summary of the effect on Ferrellgas’ condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 due to derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:



	For the three months ended October 31, 2015
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Effective portion			Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	1,585		Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(7,449	)	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,201		)	Interest expense	(777		)	—
	$	384			$	(8,226	)	$	—



	For the three months ended October 31, 2014
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(12,758	)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	1,128	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,139		)	Interest expense	—		—
	$	(13,897	)		$	1,128	$	—

The following table provides a summary of the effect on Ferrellgas' condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended October 31, 2015 due to the change in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

Ferrellgas did not hold derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the three months ended October 31, 2014.

The changes in derivatives included in AOCI for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:



	For the three months ended October 31,
Gains and losses on derivatives included in AOCI	2015			2014
Beginning balance	$	(38,906	)	$	6,483
Change in value of risk management commodity derivatives	1,585			(12,758		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on commodity hedges to cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales, net	7,449			(1,128		)
Change in value of risk management interest rate derivatives	(1,201		)	(1,139		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on interest rate hedges to interest expense	$	777		$	—
Ending balance	$	(30,296	)	$	(8,542	)

Ferrellgas expects to reclassify net losses of approximately $19.8 million to earnings during the next 12 months. These net losses are expected to be offset by increased margins on propane sales commitments Ferrellgas has with its customers that qualify for the normal purchase normal sales exception.

During the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, Ferrellgas had no reclassifications to earnings resulting from the discontinuance of any cash flow hedges arising from the probability of the original forecasted transactions not occurring within the originally specified period of time defined within the hedging relationship.

As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had financial derivative contracts covering 2.8 million barrels of propane that were entered into as cash flow hedges of forward and forecasted purchases of propane.

As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas had financial derivative contracts covering 0.3 million barrels of diesel and 48 thousand barrels of unleaded gasoline related to fuel hedges in transportation of propane.

Derivative financial instruments credit risk

Ferrellgas is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to derivative financial and commodity instruments. Ferrellgas’ counterparties principally consist of major energy companies and major U.S. financial institutions. Ferrellgas maintains credit policies with regard to its counterparties that it believes reduces its overall credit risk. These policies include evaluating and monitoring its counterparties’ financial condition, including their credit ratings, and entering into agreements with counterparties that govern credit limits. Certain of these agreements call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by Ferrellgas in the forms of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. Ferrellgas has concentrations of credit risk associated with derivative financial instruments held by certain derivative financial instrument counterparties. If these counterparties that make up the concentration failed to perform according to the terms of their contracts at October 31, 2015, the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based upon the gross fair values of the derivative financial instruments, Ferrellgas would incur is zero.

Ferrellgas holds certain derivative contracts that have credit-risk-related contingent features which dictate credit limits based upon the Partnership’s debt rating. As of October 31, 2015, a downgrade in the Partnership's debt rating could trigger a reduction in credit limit and would result in an additional collateral requirement of $0.2 million. There were $0.2 million of derivatives with credit-risk-related contingent features in a liability position on October 31, 2015 and Ferrellgas had posted no collateral in the normal course of business related to such derivatives.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Derivative instruments and hedging activities

Ferrellgas, L.P. is exposed to certain market risks related to its ongoing business operations. These risks include exposure to changing commodity prices as well as fluctuations in interest rates. Ferrellgas, L.P. utilizes derivative instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices. Of these, the propane commodity derivative instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. All other commodity derivative instruments do not qualify or are not designated as cash flow hedges, therefore, the change in their fair value are recorded currently in earnings. Ferrellgas, L.P. also periodically utilizes derivative instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.

Derivative instruments and hedging activities

During the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 Ferrellgas, L.P. did not recognize any gain or loss in earnings related to hedge ineffectiveness.

The following tables provide a summary of the fair value of derivatives in Ferrellgas, L.P.’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015:

October 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-propane

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,155

Other current liabilities

23,000

Commodity derivatives-propane

Other assets, net

422

Other liabilities

6,851

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,836

Other current liabilities

2,470

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

591

Other liabilities

1,750

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

2,169

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,281

Total

6,004

Total

37,521

July 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,614

Other current liabilities

27,929

Commodity derivatives

Other assets, net

1,041

Other liabilities

12,034

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,828

Other current liabilities

2,241

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

2,507

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives - vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

1,280

Commodity derivatives - vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,132

Total

6,483

Total

47,123

Ferrellgas, L.P.'s exchange traded commodity derivative contracts require cash margin deposit as collateral for contracts that are in a negative mark-to-market position. These cash margin deposits will be returned if mark-to-market conditions improve or will be applied against cash settlement when the contracts are settled. The following tables provide a summary of cash margin deposit balances as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, respectively:



	October 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	15,601	Other current liabilities	$	10
	Other assets, net	8,896		Other liabilities	—
		$	24,497		$	10



	July 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	18,009	Other current liabilities	$	15
	Other assets, net	11,786		Other liabilities	—
		$	29,795		$	15

The following table provides a summary of the effect on Ferrellgas, L.P.’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 due to derivatives designated as fair value hedging instruments:



		Amount of Gain Recognized on Derivative				Amount of Interest Expense Recognized on Fixed-Rated Debt (Related Hedged Item)
Derivative Instrument	Location of Gain Recognized on Derivative	For the three months ended October 31,				For the three months ended October 31,
		2015		2014		2015			2014
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest expense	$	537	$	457	$	(2,275	)	$	(2,275	)

The following tables provide a summary of the effect on Ferrellgas, L.P.’s condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 due to derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:



	For the three months ended October 31, 2015
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCL			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCL			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Effective portion			Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	1,585		Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(7,449	)	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,201		)	Interest expense	(777		)	—
	$	384			$	(8,226	)	$	—



	For the three months ended October 31, 2014
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(12,758	)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	1,128	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,139		)	Interest expense	—		—
	$	(13,897	)		$	1,128	$	—

The following table provides a summary of the effect on Ferrellgas, L.P.'s condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended October 31, 2015 due to the change in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

Ferrellgas, L.P. did not hold derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the three months ended October 31, 2014.

The changes in derivatives included in AOCI for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:



	For the three months ended October 31,
Gains and losses on derivatives included in AOCI	2015			2014
Beginning balance	$	(38,906	)	$	6,483
Change in value of risk management commodity derivatives	1,585			(12,758		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on commodity hedges to cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales, net	7,449			(1,128		)
Change in value of risk management interest rate derivatives	(1,201		)	(1,139		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on interest rate hedges to interest expense	$	777		$	—
Ending balance	$	(30,296	)	$	(8,542	)

Ferrellgas, L.P. expects to reclassify net losses of approximately $19.8 million to earnings during the next 12 months. These net losses are expected to be offset by increased margins on propane sales commitments Ferrellgas, L.P. has with its customers that qualify for the normal purchase normal sales exception.

During the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, Ferrellgas, L.P. had no reclassifications to earnings resulting from the discontinuance of any cash flow hedges arising from the probability of the original forecasted transactions not occurring within the originally specified period of time defined within the hedging relationship.

As of October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. had financial derivative contracts covering 2.8 million barrels of propane that were entered into as cash flow hedges of forward and forecasted purchases of propane.

Derivative financial instruments credit risk

Ferrellgas, L.P. is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to derivative financial and commodity instruments. Ferrellgas, L.P.’s counterparties principally consist of major energy companies and major U.S. financial institutions. Ferrellgas, L.P. maintains credit policies with regard to its counterparties that it believes reduces its overall credit risk. These policies include evaluating and monitoring its counterparties’ financial condition, including their credit ratings, and entering into agreements with counterparties that govern credit limits. Certain of these agreements call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by Ferrellgas, L.P. in the forms of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. Ferrellgas, L.P. has concentrations of credit risk associated with derivative financial instruments held by certain derivative financial instrument counterparties. If these counterparties that make up the concentration failed to perform according to the terms of their contracts at October 31, 2015, the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based upon the gross fair values of the derivative financial instruments, Ferrellgas, L.P. would incur is zero.

Ferrellgas, L.P. holds certain derivative contracts that have credit-risk-related contingent features which dictate credit limits based upon Ferrellgas, L.P.’s debt rating. As of October 31, 2015, a downgrade in Ferrellgas, L.P.'s debt rating could trigger a reduction in credit limit and would result in an additional collateral requirement of $0.2 million. There were $0.2 million of derivatives with credit-risk-related contingent features in a liability position on October 31, 2015 and Ferrellgas, L.P. had posted no collateral in the normal course of business related to such derivatives.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts.

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Transactions With Related Parties

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Oct. 31, 2015

Transactions With Related Parties

Transactions with related parties

Ferrellgas has no employees and is managed and controlled by its general partner. Pursuant to Ferrellgas’ partnership agreements, the general partner is entitled to reimbursement for all direct and indirect expenses incurred or payments it makes on behalf of Ferrellgas and all other necessary or appropriate expenses allocable to Ferrellgas or otherwise reasonably incurred by its general partner in connection with operating Ferrellgas’ business. These costs primarily include compensation and benefits paid to employees of the general partner who perform services on Ferrellgas’ behalf and are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as follows:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Operating expense	$	56,010	$	51,120

General and administrative expense	$	7,093	$	6,597

In connection with the closing of the Bridger Logistics acquisition, Ferrellgas issued common units to Bridger Marketing, LLC (now known as Jamex Marketing, LLC) and entered into a ten-year transportation and logistics agreement (the "TLA") with Jamex Marketing, LLC. As a result of that issuance, Jamex Marketing, LLC owned 9.5% of Ferrellgas Partners' limited partners' interest at October 31, 2015. Jamex Marketing, LLC, in connection with the TLA, enters into transactions with the operating partnership and its subsidiaries. Bridger provides crude oil logistics services for Jamex Marketing, LLC, including the transportation and storage of crude oil by truck, terminal and pipeline. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas' total revenues and cost of sales from these transactions were $4.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively. There was no activity for the three months ended October 31, 2014. The amounts due from and due to Jamex Marketing, LLC at October 31, 2015, were $1.6 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The amounts due from and due to Jamex Marketing, LLC at July 31, 2015, were $4.8 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

See additional discussions about transactions with the general partner and related parties in Note H – Partners’ capital and Note O - Subsequent events.

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Transactions With Related Parties

Transactions with related parties

Ferrellgas, L.P. has no employees and is managed and controlled by its general partner. Pursuant to Ferrellgas, L.P.’s partnership agreement, the general partner is entitled to reimbursement for all direct and indirect expenses incurred or payments it makes on behalf of Ferrellgas, L.P. and all other necessary or appropriate expenses allocable to Ferrellgas, L.P. or otherwise reasonably incurred by its general partner in connection with operating Ferrellgas, L.P.’s business. These costs primarily include compensation and benefits paid to employees of the general partner who perform services on Ferrellgas, L.P.’s behalf and are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as follows:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Operating expense	$	56,010	$	51,120

General and administrative expense	$	7,093	$	6,597

See additional discussions about transactions with the general partner and related parties in Note F – Partners’ capital and Note N - Subsequent events.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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Contingencies And Commitments	3 Months Ended
Contingencies And Commitments	Oct. 31, 2015
Contingencies And Commitments	Contingencies and commitments Litigation Ferrellgas’ operations are subject to all operating hazards and risks normally incidental to handling, storing, transporting and otherwise providing for use by consumers of combustible liquids such as propane and crude oil. As a result, at any given time, Ferrellgas can be threatened with or named as a defendant in various lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business. Other than as discussed below, Ferrellgas is not a party to any legal proceedings other than various claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business. It is not possible to determine the ultimate disposition of these matters; however, management is of the opinion that there are no known claims or contingent claims that are reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Ferrellgas. Ferrellgas has also been named as a defendant, along with a competitor, in putative class action lawsuits filed in multiple jurisdictions. The complaints, filed on behalf of direct and indirect customers of Ferrellgas' tank exchange business, reference the FTC complaint mentioned above. The lawsuits allege that Ferrellgas and a competitor coordinated in 2008 to reduce the fill level in barbeque cylinders and combined to persuade a common customer to accept that fill reduction, resulting in increased cylinder costs to retailers and end-user customers in violation of federal and certain state antitrust laws. The lawsuits seek treble damages, attorneys’ fees, injunctive relief and costs on behalf of the putative class. These lawsuits have been consolidated into one case by a multidistrict litigation panel. Ferrellgas believes it has strong defenses to the claims and intends to vigorously defend against the consolidated case. Ferrellgas does not believe loss is probable or reasonably estimable at this time related to the putative class action lawsuit. In addition, putative class action cases have been filed in California relating to residual propane remaining in the tank after use. Ferrellgas believes it has strong defenses to the claims and intends to vigorously defend against the consolidated case. Ferrellgas does not believe loss is probable or reasonably estimable at this time related to the putative class action lawsuit.
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Contingencies And Commitments	Contingencies and commitments The Finance Corp. serves as co-issuer and co-obligor for the Partnership's $182.0 million, 8.625% senior notes due 2020.
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Contingencies And Commitments	Contingencies and commitments Litigation Ferrellgas, L.P.’s operations are subject to all operating hazards and risks normally incidental to handling, storing, transporting and otherwise providing for use by consumers of combustible liquids such as propane and crude oil. As a result, at any given time, Ferrellgas, L.P. can be threatened with or named as a defendant in various lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business. Other than as discussed below, Ferrellgas, L.P. is not a party to any legal proceedings other than various claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business. It is not possible to determine the ultimate disposition of these matters; however, management is of the opinion that there are no known claims or contingent claims that are reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Ferrellgas, L.P.. Ferrellgas, L.P. has also been named as a defendant, along with a competitor, in putative class action lawsuits filed in multiple jurisdictions. The complaints, filed on behalf of direct and indirect customers of Ferrellgas, L.P.'s tank exchange business, reference the FTC complaint mentioned above. The lawsuits allege that Ferrellgas, L.P. and a competitor coordinated in 2008 to reduce the fill level in barbeque cylinders and combined to persuade a common customer to accept that fill reduction, resulting in increased cylinder costs to retailers and end-user customers in violation of federal and certain state antitrust laws. The lawsuits seek treble damages, attorneys’ fees, injunctive relief and costs on behalf of the putative class. These lawsuits have been consolidated into one case by a multidistrict litigation panel. Ferrellgas, L.P. believes it has strong defenses to the claims and intends to vigorously defend against the consolidated case. Ferrellgas, L.P. does not believe loss is probable or reasonably estimable at this time related to the putative class action lawsuit. In addition, putative class action cases have been filed in California relating to residual propane remaining in the tank after use. Ferrellgas, L.P. believes it has strong defenses to the claims and intends to vigorously defend against the consolidated case. Ferrellgas, L.P. does not believe loss is probable or reasonably estimable at this time related to the putative class action lawsuit.
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Contingencies And Commitments	Contingencies and commitments The Finance Corp. serves as co-issuer and co-obligor for debt securities of the Partnership.

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The entire disclosure for commitments and contingencies.

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Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Unitholders' Interest

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Earning Per Common Unitholders' Interest

Net loss per common unitholders’ interest

Below is a calculation of the basic and diluted net loss per common unitholders’ interest in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the periods indicated. Ferrellgas calculates net earnings (loss) per common unitholders’ interest for each period presented according to distributions declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings, as if all of the earnings or loss for the period had been distributed according to the incentive distribution rights in our Partnership Agreement. Due to the seasonality of the propane business, the dilutive effect of the two-class method typically impacts only the three months ending January 31. In periods with undistributed earnings above certain levels, the calculation according to the two-class method results in an increased allocation of undistributed earnings to the general partner and a dilution of the earnings to the limited partners as follows:



	Ratio of total distributions payable to:
Quarterly distribution per common unit	Common unitholder		General partner
$0.56 to $0.63	86.9	%	13.1	%
$0.64 to $0.82	76.8	%	23.2	%
$0.83 and above	51.5	%	48.5	%

There was no dilutive effect resulting from this guidance based on basic and diluted net earnings per common unitholders' interest for the three months ended October 31, 2015 or 2014.

In periods with net losses, the allocation of the net losses to the limited partners and the general partner will be determined based on the same allocation basis specified in Ferrellgas Partners’ partnership agreement that would apply to periods in which there were no undistributed earnings. Additionally, there are no dilutive securities in periods with net losses.



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
	(in thousands, except per unitholders' interest amounts)
Common unitholders’ interest in net loss	$	(78,995	)	$	(32,546	)

Weighted average common units outstanding - basic	100,376.8			82,179.7
Dilutive securities	—			—
Weighted average common units outstanding - diluted	100,376.8			82,179.7

Basic and diluted net loss per common unitholders’ interest	$	(0.79	)	$	(0.40	)

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The entire disclosure for earnings per share.

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Segment Reporting Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting Disclosure

Segment reporting

Ferrellgas has two primary operations: propane and related equipment sales and midstream operations. These two operations result in three reportable operating segments: propane and related equipment sales, midstream operations - water solutions and midstream operations - crude oil logistics.

The chief operating decision maker evaluates the operating segments using an Adjusted EBITDA performance measure which is based on earnings before income tax benefit, interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense, non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge, non-cash stock-based compensation charge, goodwill impairment, loss on disposal of assets and other, other expense (income), net, change in fair value of contingent consideration, severance costs, litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit, unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments, acquisition and transition expenses and net loss attributable to non-controlling interest. This performance measure is not a GAAP measure, however, the components are computed using amounts that are determined in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of this performance measure to net earnings, which is its nearest comparable GAAP measure, is included in the tables below. In management's evaluation of performance, costs such as compensation for certain administrative staff and executive management, are not allocated by segment and, accordingly, the following reportable segment results do not include such unallocated costs. The accounting policies of the operating segments are otherwise the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note B.

Assets reported within a segment are those assets that can be identified to a segment and primarily consist of trade receivables, property, plant and equipment, inventories, identifiable intangible assets and goodwill. Cash, certain prepaid assets and other assets are not allocated to segments. Although Ferrellgas can and does identify long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets to reportable segments, Ferrellgas does not allocate the related depreciation and amortization to the segment as management evaluates segment performance exclusive of these non-cash charges.

The propane and related equipment sales segment primarily includes the distribution and sale of propane and related equipment and supplies with concentrations in the Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest regions of the United States. Sales from propane distribution are generated principally from transporting propane purchased from third parties to propane distribution locations and then to tanks on customers’ premises or to portable propane tanks delivered to nationwide and local retailers. Sales from portable tank exchanges, nationally branded under the name Blue Rhino, are generated through a network of independent and partnership-owned distribution outlets.

The midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment primarily includes a domestic crude oil transportation and logistics provider with an integrated portfolio of midstream assets. These assets connect crude oil production in prolific unconventional resource plays to downstream markets. Bridger's truck, pipeline terminal, pipeline, rail and maritime assets form a comprehensive, fee-for-service business model, and substantially all of its cash flow is expected to be generated from fee-based commercial agreements. Bridger's fee-based business model generates income by providing crude oil transportation and logistics services on behalf of producers and end users of crude oil.

The midstream operations - water solutions segment primarily includes salt water disposal wells that are a critical component of the oil and natural gas well drilling industry. Oil and gas wells generate significant volumes of salt water known as “flowback” and “production” water. Flowback is a water based solution that flows back to the surface during and after the completion of the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) process whereby large volumes of water, sand and chemicals are injected under high pressures into rock formations to stimulate production. Production water is salt water from underground formations that are brought to the surface during the normal course of oil or gas production. In the oil and gas fields Ferrellgas services, these volumes of water are transported by truck away from the fields to salt water disposal wells where it is injected into underground geologic formations using high-pressure pumps. Revenue is derived from fees charged to customers to dispose of salt water at the disposal facilities and crude oil sales from the skimming oil process.

Following is a summary of segment information for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014.



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	277,476	$	189,373	$	4,297		$	—		$	471,146
Direct costs (1)	241,877		164,570		4,776			11,024			422,247
Adjusted EBITDA	$	35,599	$	24,803	$	(479	)	$	(11,024	)	$	48,899


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	435,439	$	—	$	7,916		$	—		$	443,355
Direct costs (1)	393,805		—		4,733			10,456			408,994
Adjusted EBITDA	$	41,634	$	—	$	3,183		$	(10,456	)	$	34,361

(1) Direct costs are comprised of "cost of products sold-propane and other gas liquids sales", "cost of products sold-midstream operations", "cost of products sold-other", "operating expense", "general and administrative expense", and "equipment lease expense" less "non-cash stock-based compensation charge", "change in fair value of contingent consideration", "severance charge", "litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit", "unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments" and "acquisition and transition expenses".

Following is a reconciliation of Ferrellgas' total segment performance measure to condensed consolidated net loss:



	Three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
Net loss attributable to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.	$	(79,793	)	$	(32,875	)
Income tax benefit	(844		)	(510		)
Interest expense	33,788			23,912
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979			23,309
EBITDA	(9,870		)	13,836
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256			4,374
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122			16,112
Goodwill impairment	29,316			—
Loss on disposal of assets and other	14,917			961
Other expense, net	122			449
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100		)	(1,800		)
Severance costs	856			—
Litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit	—			723
Unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,038			—
Acquisition and transition expenses	15			—
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(773		)	(294		)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	48,899		$	34,361

Following are total assets by segment:



Assets	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane and related equipment sales	$	1,287,582	$	1,295,831
Midstream operations - crude oil logistics	879,286		917,325
Midstream operations - water logistics	178,236		205,358
Corporate and unallocated	41,082		45,542
Total consolidated assets	$	2,386,186	$	2,464,056

Following are capital expenditures by segment:



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	5,898	$	—	$	139	$	145	$	6,182
Growth	8,615		3,303		6,401		—		18,319
Total	$	14,513	$	3,303	$	6,540	$	145	$	24,501


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	4,576	$	—	$	176	$	304	$	5,056
Growth	11,069		—		857		—		11,926
Total	$	15,645	$	—	$	1,033	$	304	$	16,982

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Segment Reporting Disclosure

Segment reporting

Ferrellgas, L.P. has two primary operations: propane and related equipment sales and midstream operations. These two operations result in three reportable operating segments: propane and related equipment sales, midstream operations - water solutions and midstream operations - crude oil logistics.

The chief operating decision maker evaluates the operating segments using an Adjusted EBITDA performance measure which is based on earnings before income tax benefit, interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense, non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge, non-cash stock-based compensation charge, goodwill impairment, loss on disposal of assets and other, other expense (income), net, change in fair value of contingent consideration, severance costs, litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit, unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments and acquisition and transition expenses. This performance measure is not a GAAP measure, however, the components are computed using amounts that are determined in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of this performance measure to net earnings, which is its nearest comparable GAAP measure, is included in the tables below. In management's evaluation of performance, costs such as compensation for certain administrative staff and executive management, are not allocated by segment and, accordingly, the following reportable segment results do not include such unallocated costs. The accounting policies of the operating segments are otherwise the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note B.

Assets reported within a segment are those assets that can be identified to a segment and primarily consist of trade receivables, property, plant and equipment, inventories, identifiable intangible assets and goodwill. Cash, certain prepaid assets and other assets are not allocated to segments. Although Ferrellgas, L.P. can and does identify long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets to reportable segments, Ferrellgas, L.P. does not allocate the related depreciation and amortization to the segment as management evaluates segment performance exclusive of these non-cash charges.

The midstream operations - water solutions segment primarily includes salt water disposal wells that are a critical component of the oil and natural gas well drilling industry. Oil and gas wells generate significant volumes of salt water known as “flowback” and “production” water. Flowback is a water based solution that flows back to the surface during and after the completion of the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) process whereby large volumes of water, sand and chemicals are injected under high pressures into rock formations to stimulate production. Production water is salt water from underground formations that are brought to the surface during the normal course of oil or gas production. In the oil and gas fields Ferrellgas, L.P. services, these volumes of water are transported by truck away from the fields to salt water disposal wells where it is injected into underground geologic formations using high-pressure pumps. Revenue is derived from fees charged to customers to dispose of salt water at the disposal facilities and crude oil sales from the skimming oil process.

Following is a summary of segment information for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014.



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	277,476	$	189,373	$	4,297		$	—		$	471,146
Direct costs (1)	241,877		164,570		4,776			11,024			422,247
Adjusted EBITDA	$	35,599	$	24,803	$	(479	)	$	(11,024	)	$	48,899


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	435,439	$	—	$	7,916		$	—		$	443,355
Direct costs (1)	393,808		—		4,733			10,456			408,997
Adjusted EBITDA	$	41,631	$	—	$	3,183		$	(10,456	)	$	34,358

(1) Direct costs are comprised of "cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales", "cost of products sold-midstream operations", "cost of products sold-other", "operating expense", "general and administrative expense", and "equipment lease expense" less "non-cash stock-based compensation charge", "change in fair value of contingent consideration", "severance charge", "litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit", "unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments" and "acquisition and transition expenses".

Following is a reconciliation of Ferrellgas, L.P.'s total segment performance measure to condensed consolidated net loss:



	Three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
Net loss	$	(76,536	)	$	(29,137	)
Income tax benefit	(844		)	(511		)
Interest expense	29,758			19,878
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979			23,309
EBITDA	(10,643		)	13,539
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256			4,374
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122			16,112
Goodwill impairment	29,316			—
Loss on disposal of assets and other	14,917			961
Other expense, net	122			449
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100		)	(1,800		)
Severance costs	856			—
Litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit	—			723
Unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,038			—
Acquisition and transition expenses	15			—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	48,899		$	34,358

Following are total assets by segment:



Assets	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane and related equipment sales	$	1,287,582	$	1,291,737
Midstream operations - crude oil logistics	879,286		917,325
Midstream operations - water logistics	178,236		205,358
Corporate and unallocated	39,310		45,542
Total consolidated assets	$	2,384,414	$	2,459,962

Following are capital expenditures by segment:



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	5,898	$	—	$	139	$	145	$	6,182
Growth	8,615		3,303		6,401		—		18,319
Total	$	14,513	$	3,303	$	6,540	$	145	$	24,501


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	4,576	$	—	$	176	$	304	$	5,056
Growth	11,069		—		857		—		11,926
Total	$	15,645	$	—	$	1,033	$	304	$	16,982

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The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Oct. 31, 2015
Subsequent Events	Subsequent events Ferrellgas evaluated events and transactions occurring after the balance sheet date through the date Ferrellgas' condensed consolidated financial statements were issued and concluded that, other than as discussed below, there were no events or transactions occurring during this period that require recognition or disclosure in its condensed consolidated financial statements. On November 13, 2015 Ferrellgas Partners, L.P repurchased approximately 2.4 million common units from Jamex Marketing, LLC, funded by approximately $45.9 million in proceeds from the secured credit facility.
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent events Ferrellgas, L.P. evaluated events and transactions occurring after the balance sheet date through the date Ferrellgas L.P.'s condensed consolidated financial statements were issued and concluded that, other than as discussed below, there were no events or transactions occurring during this period that require recognition or disclosure in its condensed consolidated financial statements. On November 13, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P distributed $46.8 million and $0.4 million to Ferrellgas Partners and the general partner, respectively, using proceeds from the secured credit facility. Ferrellgas Partners utilized these funds primarily to repurchase approximately 2.4 million common units from Jamex Marketing, LLC.

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Accounting estimates

Accounting estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates impacting the condensed consolidated financial statements include accruals that have been established for contingent liabilities, pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business, useful lives of property, plant and equipment assets, residual values of tanks, capitalization of customer tank installation costs, amortization methods of intangible assets, valuation methods used to value sales returns and allowances, allowance for doubtful accounts, fair value of reporting units, assumptions used to value business combinations, fair values of derivative contracts and stock based compensation calculations.

Goodwill

Goodwill: Ferrellgas records goodwill as the excess of the cost of acquisitions over the fair value of the related net assets at the date of acquisition. Ferrellgas has determined that it has five reporting units for goodwill impairment testing purposes. Four of these reporting units contain goodwill that is subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair-value-based test. Under this test, the carrying value of each reporting unit is determined by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of the evaluation on a specific identification basis. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the reporting unit’s goodwill may be impaired and the second step of the impairment test must be performed. In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is determined by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for that excess. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015. See Note F – Goodwill and intangible assets, net – for further discussion of Ferrellgas' goodwill impairment assessment.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Assets held for sale: Assets held for sale represent tractor trucks that have met the criteria of “held for sale” accounting. During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Ferrellgas committed to a plan to sell certain trucks held by the Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. These assets were reclassified from "Vehicles, including transport trailers" to Assets held for sale in the accompanying balance sheet as of October 31, 2015. Ferrellgas ceased depreciation on these assets during October 2015.

New Accounting Pronouncements

New accounting standards:

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-09

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-08

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-02

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-03

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-06

Cash equivalents

Supplemental cash flow information: For purposes of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, Ferrellgas considers cash equivalents to include all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Certain cash flow and significant non-cash activities are presented below:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
CASH PAID FOR:
Interest	$	3,780	$	2,978
Income taxes	$	—	$	260
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	$	1,727	$	1,857

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Accounting estimates

Accounting estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates impacting the condensed consolidated financial statements include accruals that have been established for contingent liabilities, pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business, useful lives of property, plant and equipment, residual values of tanks, capitalization of customer tank installation costs, amortization methods of intangible assets, valuation methods used to value sales returns and allowances, valuation methods used to value intangibles and goodwill in business combinations, allowance for doubtful accounts, fair value of reporting units, fair value of derivative contracts, and stock based compensation calculations.

Goodwill

Goodwill: Ferrellgas, L.P. records goodwill as the excess of the cost of acquisitions over the fair value of the related net assets at the date of acquisition. Ferrellgas, L.P. has determined that it has five reporting units for goodwill impairment testing purposes. Four of these reporting units contain goodwill that is subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair-value-based test. Under this test, the carrying value of each reporting unit is determined by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of the evaluation on a specific identification basis. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the reporting unit’s goodwill may be impaired and the second step of the impairment test must be performed. In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is determined by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for that excess. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, Ferrellgas, L.P. determined that the continued and prolonged decline in the price of crude oil constituted a triggering event for its Midstream operations - water solutions business that required an update to the goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2015. See Note F – Goodwill and intangible assets, net – for further discussion of Ferrellgas, L.P.'s Goodwill impairment assessment.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Assets held for sale: Assets held for sale represent tractor trucks that have met the criteria of “held for sale” accounting. During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Ferrellgas, L.P. committed to a plan to sell certain trucks held by the Midstream operations - crude oil logistics segment. These assets were reclassified from "Vehicles, including transport trailers" to assets held for sale in the accompanying balance sheet as of October 31, 2015. Ferrellgas, L.P. ceased depreciation on these assets during October 2015.

New Accounting Pronouncements

New accounting standards:

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-09

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-08

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, to change the criteria for determining which disposals can be presented as discontinued operations and enhanced the related disclosure requirements. ASU 2014-08 is effective for us on a prospective basis in Ferrellgas' first quarter of fiscal 2016 with early adoption permitted for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued. The adoption of ASU 2014-08 in Ferrellgas, L.P.'s first quarter of fiscal 2016 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-02

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-03

FASB Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-06

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-06, Business Combinations (Topic 805) - Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires all entities to record the effects on earnings, if any, of changes in provisional amounts for items in a business combination in the same period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The requirement to retrospectively account for the adjustments is eliminated by this amendment. ASU 2015-06 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. Ferrellgas, L.P. is currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2015-06 on the consolidated financial statements.

Cash equivalents

Supplemental cash flow information: For purposes of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, Ferrellgas, L.P. considers cash equivalents to include all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Certain cash flow and significant non-cash activities are presented below:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
CASH PAID FOR:
Interest	$	3,779		$	2,978
Income taxes	$	—		$	260
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	$	1,727		$	1,857
Contributions in connection with acquisitions	$	(284	)

- Definition

Disclosure of accounting policy for cash and cash equivalents, including the policy for determining which items are treated as cash equivalents. Other information that may be disclosed includes (1) the nature of any restrictions on the entity's use of its cash and cash equivalents, (2) whether the entity's cash and cash equivalents are insured or expose the entity to credit risk, (3) the classification of any negative balance accounts (overdrafts), and (4) the carrying basis of cash equivalents (for example, at cost) and whether the carrying amount of cash equivalents approximates fair value.

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Business combinations Business combinations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

These unaudited pro forma results are for comparative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results that would have occurred had this acquisition been completed on August 1, 2014 or the results that would be attained in the future.



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2014
Revenue	$	528,611
Net loss	(36,519		)
Net loss per common unitholders' interest	$	(0.42	)

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

Ferrellgas has preliminarily estimated the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:



	Estimated At
	October 31, 2015 (as adjusted)			July 31, 2015 (as initially reported)		Measuring period adjustments
Working capital	$	(5,890	)	$	1,783	$	(7,673	)
Transportation equipment	293,491			293,491		—
Injection stations and pipelines	41,632			41,632		—
Goodwill	203,495			193,311		10,184
Customer relationships	259,300			261,811		(2,511		)
Non-compete agreements	14,800			14,800		—
Trade names & trademarks	5,800			5,800		—
Office equipment	7,449			7,449		—
Other	2,375			2,375		—
Aggregate fair value of net assets acquired	$	822,452		$	822,452	$	—

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2014
Revenue	$	528,611
Net loss	(32,487		)

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

Ferrellgas, L.P. has preliminarily estimated the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:



	Estimated At
	October 31, 2015 (as adjusted)			July 31, 2015 (as initially reported)		Measuring period adjustments
Working capital	$	(5,890	)	$	1,783	$	(7,673	)
Transportation equipment	293,491			293,491		—
Injection stations and pipelines	41,632			41,632		—
Goodwill	203,495			193,311		10,184
Customer relationships	259,300			261,811		(2,511		)
Non-compete agreements	14,800			14,800		—
Trade names & trademarks	5,800			5,800		—
Office equipment	7,449			7,449		—
Other	2,375			2,375		—
Aggregate fair value of net assets acquired	$	822,452		$	822,452	$	—

Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:



		October 31,		July 31,
	Estimated Useful Lives	2015		2015
Land	Indefinite	$	34,359	$	34,389
Land improvements	2-20	13,329		13,249
Building and improvements	20	71,748		71,923
Vehicles, including transport trailers	8-20	202,139		228,646
Bulk equipment and district facilities	5-30	110,833		111,657
Tanks, cylinders and customer equipment	2-30	771,569		772,904
Salt water disposal wells and related equipment	2-23	44,969		38,460
Rail cars	30	150,392		150,235
Injection stations	20	38,562		37,619
Pipeline	15	4,074		4,074
Computer and office equipment	2-5	120,896		123,386
Construction in progress	n/a	21,665		16,841
		1,584,535		1,603,383
Less: accumulated depreciation		643,252		638,166
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	941,283	$	965,217

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane gas and related products	$	68,420	$	68,731
Appliances, parts and supplies	27,659		28,023
Inventories	$	96,079	$	96,754

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Accrued interest	$	45,881	$	17,281
Accrued payroll	17,643		17,485
Customer deposits and advances	38,602		28,792
Price risk management liabilities	27,639		31,450
Other	71,199		85,679
Other current liabilities	$	200,964	$	180,687

Shipping And Handling Expenses

Shipping and handling expenses are classified in the following condensed consolidated statements of earnings line items:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Operating expense	$	40,535	$	45,790
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,115		1,449
Equipment lease expense	6,429		4,866
	$	48,079	$	52,105

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

Loss on disposal of assets and other consists of:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Loss on assets held for sale	$	12,112	$	—
Loss on sale of assets held for sale	1,259		—
Loss on sale of assets	1,546		961
Loss on disposal of assets and other	$	14,917	$	961

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:



		October 31,		July 31,
	Estimated useful lives	2015		2015
Land	Indefinite	$	34,359	$	34,389
Land improvements	2-20	13,329		13,249
Building and improvements	20	71,748		71,923
Vehicles, including transport trailers	8-20	202,139		228,646
Bulk equipment and district facilities	5-30	110,833		111,657
Tanks, cylinders and customer equipment	2-30	771,569		772,904
Salt water disposal wells and related equipment	2-23	44,969		38,460
Rail cars	30	150,392		150,235
Injection stations	20	38,562		37,619
Pipeline	15	4,074		4,074
Computer and office equipment	2-5	120,896		123,386
Construction in progress	n/a	21,665		16,841
		1,584,535		1,603,383
Less: accumulated depreciation		643,252		638,166
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	941,283	$	965,217

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane gas and related products	$	68,420	$	68,731
Appliances, parts and supplies	27,659		28,023
Inventories	$	96,079	$	96,754

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of the following:



	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Accrued interest	$	39,951	$	15,275
Accrued payroll	17,643		17,485
Customer deposits and advances	38,602		28,792
Price risk management liabilities	27,639		31,450
Other	71,194		83,174
Other current liabilities	$	195,029	$	176,176

Shipping And Handling Expenses

Shipping and handling expenses are classified in the following condensed consolidated statements of earnings line items:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Operating expense	$	40,535	$	45,790
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,115		1,449
Equipment lease expense	6,429		4,866
	$	48,079	$	52,105

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

Loss on disposal of assets and other consists of:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Loss on assets held for sale	$	12,112	$	—
Loss on sale of assets held for sale	1,259		—
Loss on sale of assets	1,546		961
Loss on disposal of assets and other	$	14,917	$	961

Goodwill and intangibles Goodwill and intangibles (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by reportable segment, are as follows:



	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - water solutions			Midstream operations - crude oil logistics		Total
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	29,316		$	193,311	$	478,747
Acquisitions	—		—			—		—
Revisions to acquisition accounting	—		—			10,184		10,184
Impairment	—		(29,316		)	—		(29,316		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	—		$	203,495	$	459,615

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by reportable segment, are as follows:



	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - water solutions			Midstream operations - crude oil logistics		Total
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	29,316		$	193,311	$	478,747
Acquisitions	—		—			—		—
Revisions to acquisition accounting	—		—			10,184		10,184
Impairment	—		(29,316		)	—		(29,316		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	256,120	$	—		$	203,495	$	459,615

Partners' Capital (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Cash distributions

Ferrellgas Partners has paid the following distributions:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Public common unitholders	$	32,439	$	27,788
Ferrell Companies (1)	11,546		11,265
FCI Trading Corp. (2)	100		98
Ferrell Propane, Inc. (3)	26		26
James E. Ferrell (4)	2,441		2,179
James H. Ballengee (5)	4,891		—
General partner	520		418
	$	51,963	$	41,774

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Cash distributions

Ferrellgas, L.P. has paid the following distributions:



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015		2014
Ferrellgas Partners	$	51,963	$	41,774
General partner	530		426
	$	52,493	$	42,200

Subsequent Event [Member]

Dividends expected to be paid to related parties

Included in this cash distribution are the following amounts to be paid to related parties:



Ferrell Companies	$	11,546
FCI Trading Corp.	100
Ferrell Propane, Inc.	26
James E. Ferrell	2,441
James H. Ballengee	3,668
General Partner	507

Fair Value Measurement (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following table presents fair value measurements of certain assets on a non-recurring basis as of October 31, 2015:



	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total		Total gains (losses)
Assets held for sale	$	—	$	—	$	8,840	$	8,840	$	(12,112	)
Goodwill impairment for Midstream operations - water solutions segment									$	(29,316	)

Schedule of fair value assets and liabilities



	Asset (Liability)
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total
October 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	2,427		$	—		$	2,427
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	3,577		$	—		$	3,577
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,220	)	$	—		$	(4,220	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(33,301	)	$	—		$	(33,301	)


July 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	1,828		$	—		$	1,828
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	4,655		$	—		$	4,655
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,748	)	$	—		$	(4,748	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(42,375	)	$	—		$	(42,375	)
Contingent consideration	$	—	$	—		$	(100	)	$	(100	)

Level 3 fair value rollforward



	Contingent consideration liability
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	100
Increase in fair value related to accretion	—
Change in fair value included in earnings	(100		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	—

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following table presents fair value measurements of certain assets on a non-recurring basis as of October 31, 2015:



	Asset (Liability)
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total		Total gains (losses)
Assets held for sale	$	—	$	—	$	8,840	$	8,840	$	(12,112	)
Goodwill impairment for Midstream operations - water solutions segment									$	(29,316	)

Schedule of fair value assets and liabilities



	Asset (Liability)
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total
October 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	2,427		$	—		$	2,427
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	3,577		$	—		$	3,577
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,220	)	$	—		$	(4,220	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(33,301	)	$	—		$	(33,301	)

July 31, 2015:
Assets:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	1,828		$	—		$	1,828
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	4,655		$	—		$	4,655
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	—	$	(4,748	)	$	—		$	(4,748	)
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	(42,375	)	$	—		$	(42,375	)
Contingent consideration	$	—	$	—		$	(100	)	$	(100	)

Level 3 fair value rollforward



	Contingent consideration liability
Balance at July 31, 2015	$	100
Increase in fair value related to accretion	—
Change in fair value included in earnings	(100		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	—

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Fair Value of Financial Derivatives Balance Sheet Locations

The following tables provide a summary of the fair value of derivatives in Ferrellgas’ condensed consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015:

October 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-propane

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,155

Other current liabilities

23,000

Commodity derivatives-propane

Other assets, net

422

Other liabilities

6,851

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,836

Other current liabilities

2,470

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

591

Other liabilities

1,750

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

2,169

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,281

Total

6,004

Total

37,521

July 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-propane

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,614

Other current liabilities

27,929

Commodity derivatives-propane

Other assets, net

1,041

Other liabilities

12,034

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,828

Other current liabilities

2,241

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

2,507

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

1,280

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,132

Total

6,483

Total

47,123

Schedule of Derivative Collateral

The following tables provide a summary of cash margin deposit balances as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, respectively:



	October 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	15,601	Other current liabilities	$	10
	Other assets, net	8,896		Other liabilities	—
		$	24,497		$	10



	July 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	18,009	Other current liabilities	$	15
	Other assets, net	11,786		Other liabilities	—
		$	29,795		$	15

Fair Value Hedge Derivative Effect on Earnings



		Amount of Gain Recognized on Derivative				Amount of Interest Expense Recognized on Fixed-Rated Debt (Related Hedged Item)
Derivative Instrument	Location of Gain Recognized on Derivative	For the three months ended October 31,				For the three months ended October 31,
		2015		2014		2015			2014
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest expense	$	537	$	457	$	(2,275	)	$	(2,275	)

Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Effect on Comprehensive Income



	For the three months ended October 31, 2015
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Effective portion			Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	1,585		Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(7,449	)	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,201		)	Interest expense	(777		)	—
	$	384			$	(8,226	)	$	—



	For the three months ended October 31, 2014
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(12,758	)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	1,128	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,139		)	Interest expense	—		—
	$	(13,897	)		$	1,128	$	—

Derivatives not Designated as Hedging, Effect on Earnings

Changes in Derivative Value Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The changes in derivatives included in AOCI for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:



	For the three months ended October 31,
Gains and losses on derivatives included in AOCI	2015			2014
Beginning balance	$	(38,906	)	$	6,483
Change in value of risk management commodity derivatives	1,585			(12,758		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on commodity hedges to cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales, net	7,449			(1,128		)
Change in value of risk management interest rate derivatives	(1,201		)	(1,139		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on interest rate hedges to interest expense	$	777		$	—
Ending balance	$	(30,296	)	$	(8,542	)

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Fair Value of Financial Derivatives Balance Sheet Locations

The following tables provide a summary of the fair value of derivatives in Ferrellgas, L.P.’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015:

October 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-propane

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,155

Other current liabilities

23,000

Commodity derivatives-propane

Other assets, net

422

Other liabilities

6,851

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,836

Other current liabilities

2,470

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

591

Other liabilities

1,750

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

2,169

Commodity derivatives-vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,281

Total

6,004

Total

37,521

July 31, 2015

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Instrument

Location

Fair value

Location

Fair value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,614

Other current liabilities

27,929

Commodity derivatives

Other assets, net

1,041

Other liabilities

12,034

Interest rate swap agreements

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,828

Other current liabilities

2,241

Interest rate swap agreements

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

2,507

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Commodity derivatives - vehicle fuel

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

—

Other current liabilities

1,280

Commodity derivatives - vehicle fuel

Other assets, net

—

Other liabilities

1,132

Total

6,483

Total

47,123

Schedule of Derivative Collateral

The following tables provide a summary of cash margin deposit balances as of October 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015, respectively:



	October 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	15,601	Other current liabilities	$	10
	Other assets, net	8,896		Other liabilities	—
		$	24,497		$	10



	July 31, 2015
	Assets			Liabilities
Description	Location	Amount		Location	Amount
Margin Deposits	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	18,009	Other current liabilities	$	15
	Other assets, net	11,786		Other liabilities	—
		$	29,795		$	15

Fair Value Hedge Derivative Effect on Earnings



		Amount of Gain Recognized on Derivative				Amount of Interest Expense Recognized on Fixed-Rated Debt (Related Hedged Item)
Derivative Instrument	Location of Gain Recognized on Derivative	For the three months ended October 31,				For the three months ended October 31,
		2015		2014		2015			2014
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest expense	$	537	$	457	$	(2,275	)	$	(2,275	)

Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Effect on Comprehensive Income



	For the three months ended October 31, 2015
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCL			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCL			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Effective portion			Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	1,585		Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	(7,449	)	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,201		)	Interest expense	(777		)	—
	$	384			$	(8,226	)	$	—



	For the three months ended October 31, 2014
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income
Derivative Instrument	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI			Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income	Effective portion		Ineffective portion
Commodity derivatives	$	(12,758	)	Cost of sales-propane and other gas liquids sales	$	1,128	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	(1,139		)	Interest expense	—		—
	$	(13,897	)		$	1,128	$	—

Derivatives not Designated as Hedging, Effect on Earnings

Ferrellgas, L.P. did not hold derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the three months ended October 31, 2014.

Changes in Derivative Value Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The changes in derivatives included in AOCI for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:



	For the three months ended October 31,
Gains and losses on derivatives included in AOCI	2015			2014
Beginning balance	$	(38,906	)	$	6,483
Change in value of risk management commodity derivatives	1,585			(12,758		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on commodity hedges to cost of sales - propane and other gas liquids sales, net	7,449			(1,128		)
Change in value of risk management interest rate derivatives	(1,201		)	(1,139		)
Reclassification of gains and losses on interest rate hedges to interest expense	$	777		$	—
Ending balance	$	(30,296	)	$	(8,542	)

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Unitholders' Interest (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Distribution Allocation

In periods with undistributed earnings above certain levels, the calculation according to the two-class method results in an increased allocation of undistributed earnings to the general partner and a dilution of the earnings to the limited partners as follows:



	Ratio of total distributions payable to:
Quarterly distribution per common unit	Common unitholder		General partner
$0.56 to $0.63	86.9	%	13.1	%
$0.64 to $0.82	76.8	%	23.2	%
$0.83 and above	51.5	%	48.5	%

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

Additionally, there are no dilutive securities in periods with net losses.



	For the three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
	(in thousands, except per unitholders' interest amounts)
Common unitholders’ interest in net loss	$	(78,995	)	$	(32,546	)

Weighted average common units outstanding - basic	100,376.8			82,179.7
Dilutive securities	—			—
Weighted average common units outstanding - diluted	100,376.8			82,179.7

Basic and diluted net loss per common unitholders’ interest	$	(0.79	)	$	(0.40	)

Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting Information

Reconciliation of Other Significant Reconciling Items from Segments to Consolidated

Following is a reconciliation of Ferrellgas' total segment performance measure to condensed consolidated net loss:



	Three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
Net loss attributable to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.	$	(79,793	)	$	(32,875	)
Income tax benefit	(844		)	(510		)
Interest expense	33,788			23,912
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979			23,309
EBITDA	(9,870		)	13,836
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256			4,374
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122			16,112
Goodwill impairment	29,316			—
Loss on disposal of assets and other	14,917			961
Other expense, net	122			449
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100		)	(1,800		)
Severance costs	856			—
Litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit	—			723
Unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,038			—
Acquisition and transition expenses	15			—
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(773		)	(294		)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	48,899		$	34,361

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

Following are total assets by segment:



Assets	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane and related equipment sales	$	1,287,582	$	1,295,831
Midstream operations - crude oil logistics	879,286		917,325
Midstream operations - water logistics	178,236		205,358
Corporate and unallocated	41,082		45,542
Total consolidated assets	$	2,386,186	$	2,464,056

Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Segment Reporting Information

Reconciliation of Other Significant Reconciling Items from Segments to Consolidated

Following is a reconciliation of Ferrellgas, L.P.'s total segment performance measure to condensed consolidated net loss:



	Three months ended October 31,
	2015			2014
Net loss	$	(76,536	)	$	(29,137	)
Income tax benefit	(844		)	(511		)
Interest expense	29,758			19,878
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979			23,309
EBITDA	(10,643		)	13,539
Non-cash employee stock ownership plan compensation charge	5,256			4,374
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122			16,112
Goodwill impairment	29,316			—
Loss on disposal of assets and other	14,917			961
Other expense, net	122			449
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100		)	(1,800		)
Severance costs	856			—
Litigation accrual and related legal fees associated with a class action lawsuit	—			723
Unrealized (non-cash) loss on changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,038			—
Acquisition and transition expenses	15			—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	48,899		$	34,358

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

Following are total assets by segment:



Assets	October 31, 2015		July 31, 2015
Propane and related equipment sales	$	1,287,582	$	1,291,737
Midstream operations - crude oil logistics	879,286		917,325
Midstream operations - water logistics	178,236		205,358
Corporate and unallocated	39,310		45,542
Total consolidated assets	$	2,384,414	$	2,459,962

Profit Measure [Member]

Segment Reporting Information

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Following is a summary of segment information for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014.



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	277,476	$	189,373	$	4,297		$	—		$	471,146
Direct costs (1)	241,877		164,570		4,776			11,024			422,247
Adjusted EBITDA	$	35,599	$	24,803	$	(479	)	$	(11,024	)	$	48,899


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	435,439	$	—	$	7,916		$	—		$	443,355
Direct costs (1)	393,805		—		4,733			10,456			408,994
Adjusted EBITDA	$	41,634	$	—	$	3,183		$	(10,456	)	$	34,361

Profit Measure [Member] | Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Segment Reporting Information

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Following is a summary of segment information for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014.



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	277,476	$	189,373	$	4,297		$	—		$	471,146
Direct costs (1)	241,877		164,570		4,776			11,024			422,247
Adjusted EBITDA	$	35,599	$	24,803	$	(479	)	$	(11,024	)	$	48,899


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions			Corporate and other			Total
Segment revenues	$	435,439	$	—	$	7,916		$	—		$	443,355
Direct costs (1)	393,808		—		4,733			10,456			408,997
Adjusted EBITDA	$	41,631	$	—	$	3,183		$	(10,456	)	$	34,358

Capital Expenditures [Member]

Segment Reporting Information

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Following are capital expenditures by segment:



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	5,898	$	—	$	139	$	145	$	6,182
Growth	8,615		3,303		6,401		—		18,319
Total	$	14,513	$	3,303	$	6,540	$	145	$	24,501


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	4,576	$	—	$	176	$	304	$	5,056
Growth	11,069		—		857		—		11,926
Total	$	15,645	$	—	$	1,033	$	304	$	16,982

Capital Expenditures [Member] | Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]

Segment Reporting Information

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Following are capital expenditures by segment:



	Three months ended October 31, 2015
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	5,898	$	—	$	139	$	145	$	6,182
Growth	8,615		3,303		6,401		—		18,319
Total	$	14,513	$	3,303	$	6,540	$	145	$	24,501


	Three months ended October 31, 2014
	Propane and related equipment sales		Midstream operations - Crude oil logistics		Midstream operations - Water Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Capital expenditures:
Maintenance	$	4,576	$	—	$	176	$	304	$	5,056
Growth	11,069		—		857		—		11,926
Total	$	15,645	$	—	$	1,033	$	304	$	16,982

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

+ References+ Details

Partnership Organization And Formation (Details)	3 Months Ended
Partnership Organization And Formation (Details)	Oct. 31, 2015 employee	Jul. 31, 2015
Limited partner interest	99.00%
General partner ownership interest	1.00%
Number of entity subsidiaries	2
Equity interest in subsidiary	100.00%
Number of states in which entity operates	50
Number of employees	0
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Common stock shares outstanding	1,000	1,000
Corporation formation date	Mar. 28, 1996
Number of employees	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Limited partner interest	99.00%
General partner ownership interest	1.00%
Equity interest in subsidiary	100.00%
Number of states in which entity operates	50
Number of employees	0
Ferrellgas Finance Corp. [Member]
Common stock shares outstanding	1,000	1,000
Corporation formation date	Jan. 16, 2003
Number of employees	0
Ferrell Companies [Member]
Common stock shares outstanding	22,800,000
Operating Partnership [Member]
General partner ownership interest	1.00%
Ferrellgas [Member]
General partner ownership interest	2.00%

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Significant Cash And Non-Cash Activities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Cash Paid For [Abstract]
Interest	$ 3,780	$ 2,978
Income taxes	0	260
Non-Cash Investing Activities [Abstract]
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	1,727	1,857
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Cash Paid For [Abstract]
Interest	3,779	2,978
Income taxes	0	260
Non-Cash Investing Activities [Abstract]
Partners' Capital Account, Acquisitions	(284)
Change in accruals for property, plant and equipment additions	1,727	1,857
Common Unitholders [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Non-Cash Investing Activities [Abstract]
Partners' Capital Account, Acquisitions	$ (284)

Business combinations Business combinations (Narrative) (Details) (Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 560.0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable	260.0
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Issuance Of Liabilities And Other Costs	2.5
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	822.5
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	560.0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable	260.0
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Issuance Of Liabilities And Other Costs	2.5
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 822.5

Business combinations Business combinations (Aggregate Fair Value) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	$ 0
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities	(5,890)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets		1,783
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets	(7,673)
Postconfirmation, Goodwill	203,495
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0	193,311
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	10,184
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	2,375	2,375
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Less Noncontrolling Interest	822,452	822,452
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Consideration Transferred	0
Transportation Equipment [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	293,491	293,491
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment	0
Injection Stations and Pipelines [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	41,632	41,632
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment	0
Office Equipment [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	7,449	7,449
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment	0
Customer Lists [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	259,300	261,811
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles	(2,511)
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	14,800	14,800
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles	0
Trademarks and Trade Names [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	5,800	5,800
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles	0
Other Noncurrent Assets [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities	(5,890)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets		1,783
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets	(7,673)
Postconfirmation, Goodwill	203,495
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0	193,311
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	10,184
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	2,375	2,375
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Less Noncontrolling Interest	822,452	822,452
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Consideration Transferred	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Transportation Equipment [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	293,491	293,491
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Injection Stations and Pipelines [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	41,632	41,632
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Office Equipment [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	7,449	7,449
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	259,300	261,811
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles	(2,511)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	14,800	14,800
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Trademarks and Trade Names [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	5,800	5,800
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Other Noncurrent Assets [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets	$ 0

Business combinations Business combinations (Pro Forma Information) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue	$ 528,611
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)	(36,519)
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic	$ (0.42)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue	528,611
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)	$ (32,487)

Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015 gal	Oct. 31, 2014
Maximum term of supply procurement contracts	36 months
Net procurement of fixed priced propane in gallons	99,700,000
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	$ (12,112)
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	12,112	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Maximum term of supply procurement contracts	36 months
Net procurement of fixed priced propane in gallons	51,000,000
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	(12,112)
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	12,112	0
Vehicles [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Assets sold	69
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale, Description	136
Vehicles [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Assets sold	69
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale, Description	136
Assets held for disposal [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	1,259	0
Assets held for disposal [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	$ 1,259	$ 0

Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Schedule Of Inventories) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Propane gas and related products	$ 68,420	$ 68,731
Appliances, parts and supplies	27,659	28,023
Inventories	96,079	96,754
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Propane gas and related products	68,420	68,731
Appliances, parts and supplies	27,659	28,023
Inventories	$ 96,079	$ 96,754

Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Other Current Liabilities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Accrued interest	$ 45,881	$ 17,281
Accrued payroll	17,643	17,485
Customer deposits and advances	38,602	28,792
Price risk management liabilities	27,639	31,450
Other	71,199	85,679
Other current liabilities	200,964	180,687
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Accrued interest	39,951	15,275
Accrued payroll	17,643	17,485
Customer deposits and advances	38,602	28,792
Price risk management liabilities	27,639	31,450
Other	71,194	83,174
Other current liabilities	$ 195,029	$ 176,176

- Definition

Fair value, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, expected to be settled within one year or normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset.

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Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Shipping And Handling Expenses) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	$ 48,079	$ 52,105
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	48,079	52,105
Operating Expense [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	40,535	45,790
Operating Expense [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	40,535	45,790
Depreciation And Amortization Expense [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	1,115	1,449
Depreciation And Amortization Expense [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	1,115	1,449
Equipment Lease Expense [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	6,429	4,866
Equipment Lease Expense [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Shipping and handling expenses	$ 6,429	$ 4,866

- Definition

Cost incurred during the reporting period in transporting goods and services to customers. Includes freight-out costs.

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Supplemental Financial Statement Information Supplemental financial statement information (Property, Plant, and Equipment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	$ 1,584,535	$ 1,603,383
Property, plant and equipment accumulated depreciation	643,252	638,166
Property, plant and equipment, net	941,283	965,217
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	Indefinite
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	34,359	34,389
Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	13,329	13,249
Building Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	71,748	71,923
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	202,139	228,646
Bulk Equipment And District Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	110,833	111,657
Tanks Cylinders And Customer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	771,569	772,904
Salt water disposal wells [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	44,969	38,460
Rail cars [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	150,392	150,235
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Office Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	120,896	123,386
Injection stations [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	38,562	37,619
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Construction in Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	21,665	16,841
Pipelines [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	4,074	4,074
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	15 years
Minimum [Member] \| Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Minimum [Member] \| Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	8 years
Minimum [Member] \| Bulk Equipment And District Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years
Minimum [Member] \| Tanks Cylinders And Customer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Minimum [Member] \| Salt water disposal wells [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Minimum [Member] \| Office Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Maximum [Member] \| Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Bulk Equipment And District Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Maximum [Member] \| Tanks Cylinders And Customer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Maximum [Member] \| Salt water disposal wells [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	23 years
Maximum [Member] \| Office Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	1,584,535	1,603,383
Property, plant and equipment accumulated depreciation		638,166
Property, plant and equipment, net	941,283	965,217
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	Indefinite
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	34,359	34,389
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	13,329	13,249
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Building Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	71,748	71,923
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross		228,646
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Bulk Equipment And District Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	110,833	111,657
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Tanks Cylinders And Customer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	771,569	772,904
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Salt water disposal wells [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	44,969	38,460
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Rail cars [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	150,392	150,235
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Office Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	120,896	123,386
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Injection stations [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	38,562	37,619
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Construction in Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	21,665	16,841
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Pipelines [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	$ 4,074	$ 4,074
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	15 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	8 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Bulk Equipment And District Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Tanks Cylinders And Customer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Salt water disposal wells [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Office Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	20 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Bulk Equipment And District Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Tanks Cylinders And Customer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	30 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Salt water disposal wells [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	23 years
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Office Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years

Supplemental Financial Statement Information Supplemental financial statement information (Assets Held for Sale) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	$ 12,112	$ 0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	(12,112)
Loss on Disposal of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	14,917	961
Assets held for disposal [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	1,259	0
Assets held in use [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	1,546	961
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	12,112	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	(12,112)
Loss on Disposal of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	14,917	961
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Assets held for disposal [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	1,259	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Assets held in use [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	$ 1,546	$ 961

Accounts And Notes Receivable, Net And Accounts Receivable Securitization (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	$ 113,792,000	$ 123,791,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	113,792,000	123,791,000
Accounts Receivable Securitization [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	113,800,000	123,800,000
Collateralized notes payable	68,000,000	70,000,000
Proceeds from accounts receivable securitization	68,000,000	70,000,000
Available proceeds from additional trade accounts receivable	0	0
Weighted average interest rate on borrowings under accounts receivable securitization	2.70%	2.30%
Accounts Receivable Securitization [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	113,800,000	123,800,000
Collateralized notes payable	68,000,000	70,000,000
Proceeds from accounts receivable securitization	68,000,000	70,000,000
Available proceeds from additional trade accounts receivable	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate on borrowings under accounts receivable securitization	2.70%	2.30%

Accounts And Notes Receivable, Net And Accounts Receivable Securitization (Accounts And Notes Receivable) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	$ 113,792	$ 123,791
Accounts receivable	70,893	77,636
Other	509	307
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(6,516)	(4,816)
Accounts and notes receivable, net	178,678	196,918
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	113,792	123,791
Accounts receivable	70,893	77,636
Other	509	307
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(6,516)	(4,816)
Accounts and notes receivable, net	$ 178,678	$ 196,918

Goodwill and intangibles Goodwill and intangibles (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 29,316,000		$ 0
WTI average closing price	44.90	56.63
WTI quarterly price decrease		20.70%
WTi crude curve decrease	6.50%
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	29,316,000		0
WTI average closing price	$ 44.90	$ 56.63
WTI quarterly price decrease		20.70%
WTi crude curve decrease	6.50%

Goodwill and intangibles Goodwill and Intangibles (Goodwill rollforward) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015 Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Propane and related equipment sales [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Propane and related equipment sales [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Propane and related equipment sales [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Propane and related equipment sales [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ (29,316)	$ 0		$ (29,316)		$ 0		$ 0		$ (29,316)	$ 0		$ (29,316)		$ 0		$ 0
Goodwill, Other Changes	10,184			0		0		10,184		10,184			0		0		10,184
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0			0		0		0	193,311	0			0		0		0	193,311
Goodwill, net	$ 459,615		$ 478,747	$ 0	$ 29,316	$ 256,120	$ 256,120	$ 203,495	$ 193,311	$ 459,615		$ 478,747	$ 0	$ 29,316	$ 256,120	$ 256,120	$ 203,495	$ 193,311

Debt Debt (Components of Long-Term Debt) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 1,823,182	$ 1,804,392
Short-term borrowings	95,391	75,319
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt	1,641,182	1,622,392
Short-term borrowings	$ 95,391	$ 75,319
Secured Credit Facility [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt weighted average interest rate	3.30%	3.50%
Secured Credit Facility [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt weighted average interest rate	3.30%	3.50%

Debt (Secured Credit Facility Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	$ 71.5	$ 61.2
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	71.5	61.2
Secured Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total credit faciltiy borrowings outstanding	250.2	211.4
Other Long-term Debt, Noncurrent	154.8	136.1
Weighted average interest rate on credit facility borrowings	3.30%	3.50%
Secured Credit Facility [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total credit faciltiy borrowings outstanding	250.2	211.4
Other Long-term Debt, Noncurrent	154.8	136.1
Weighted average interest rate on credit facility borrowings	3.30%	3.50%
Letter Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	128.5	138.8
Letter Of Credit [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 128.5	$ 138.8

- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Partners' Capital (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Partners' Capital (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 JEF Capital Management [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrell Resources Holdings, Inc. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 FCI Trading Corp. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 General Partner [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 General Partner [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 General Partner [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 General Partner [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrell Propane, Inc. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrell Companies Beneficial Ownership [Member]	Dec. 15, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member]	Dec. 15, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] FCI Trading Corp. [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] Ferrellgas Partners [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] General Partner [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] General Partner [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Nov. 24, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] Ferrell Propane, Inc. [Member]
Capital Unit [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest	22.40%													22.70%
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding	100,376,789		100,376,789			4,758,859	4,616	195,686					51,204
Cash distribution declaration date															Nov. 24, 2015		Nov. 24, 2015
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared																			$ 100,000	$ 58,600,000	$ 507,000	$ 600,000	$ 26,000
Cash distributions declared per common unit															$ 0.5125
Cash distributions payment date																Dec. 15, 2015		Dec. 15, 2015
General partner ownership interest	1.00%			1.00%					2.00%		1.0101%
Contributions from partners	30,000	424,000		30,000	42,655,000					900,000		400,000
Non-cash contributions									$ 300,000	$ 400,000	$ 100,000	$ 200,000

Partners' Capital (Distributions Paid) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	$ 51,963	$ 41,774
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	52,493	42,200
James H. Ballengee [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	4,891	0
Public Common Unitholders [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	32,439	27,788
Ferrell Companies [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	11,546	11,265
FCI Trading Corp. [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	100	98
Ferrell Propane, Inc. [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	26	26
James E. Ferrell [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	2,441	2,179
Ferrellgas Partners [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	51,963	41,774
General Partner [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	520	418
General Partner [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid	$ 530	$ 426

Partners' Capital (Distributions Expected To Be Paid To Related Parties) (Details) (Subsequent Event [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
	Nov. 24, 2015
Ferrell Companies [Member]
Distribution Expected To Be Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	$ 11,546
FCI Trading Corp. [Member]
Distribution Expected To Be Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	100
Ferrell Propane, Inc. [Member]
Distribution Expected To Be Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	26
James E. Ferrell [Member]
Distribution Expected To Be Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	2,441
James H. Ballengee [Member]
Distribution Expected To Be Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	3,668
General Partner [Member]
Distribution Expected To Be Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	$ 507

Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	$ (14,917,000)	$ (961,000)
Goodwill impairment	29,316,000	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	1,805,700,000		1,889,800,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	(14,917,000)	(961,000)
Goodwill impairment	29,316,000	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	1,623,700,000		1,700,500,000
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	12,100,000
Goodwill impairment	0
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	12,100,000
Goodwill impairment	$ 0

Fair Value Measurements (Assets And Liabilities Fair Value Hierarchy) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Interest rate swap assets	$ 2,427	$ 1,828
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,577	4,655
Interest rate swap liabilities	(4,220)	(4,748)
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	(33,301)	(42,375)
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value	0	(100)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Interest rate swap assets	2,427	1,828
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,577	4,655
Interest rate swap liabilities	(4,220)	(4,748)
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	(33,301)	(42,375)
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value	0	(100)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Interest rate swap assets	2,427	1,828
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,577	4,655
Interest rate swap liabilities	(4,220)	(4,748)
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	(33,301)	(42,375)
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Interest rate swap assets	2,427	1,828
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,577	4,655
Interest rate swap liabilities	(4,220)	(4,748)
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	(33,301)	(42,375)
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value		(100)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value		$ (100)

Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring basis) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015
Assets held for sale	$ 8,840		$ 0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	(12,112)
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	29,316	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Assets held for sale	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Assets held for sale	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Assets held for sale	8,840
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Assets held for sale	8,840		0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	(12,112)
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	29,316	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Assets held for sale	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Assets held for sale	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Assets held for sale	$ 8,840

Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015 Accretion [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Fair Value Change due to Unobservable Inputs [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Accretion [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] Fair Value Change due to Unobservable Inputs [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value	$ 0	$ 100			$ 0	$ 100			$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 100	$ 100
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings			$ 0	$ (100)			$ 0	$ (100)

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015 MMBbls	Oct. 31, 2014
Reclassification of net gain to earnings during next 12 months	$ 19,800,000
Number of barrels of propane covered by cash flow hedges	2,800,000
Additional Collateral, Aggregate Fair Value	200,000
Derivative amount of credit risk	0
Derivative net liability position aggregate fair value	200,000.0
Collateral already posted	0
Gain or loss in earnings related to hedge ineffectiveness	0	0
Reclassification of gain (loss) to earnings from discontinuance of cash flow hedges	0	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Reclassification of net gain to earnings during next 12 months	19,800,000
Number of barrels of propane covered by cash flow hedges	2,800,000
Additional Collateral, Aggregate Fair Value	200,000
Derivative amount of credit risk	0
Derivative net liability position aggregate fair value	200,000
Collateral already posted	0
Gain or loss in earnings related to hedge ineffectiveness	0	0
Reclassification of gain (loss) to earnings from discontinuance of cash flow hedges	$ 0	$ 0
Diesel fuel [Member]
Number of barrels of propane covered by cash flow hedges	300,000
Diesel fuel [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Number of barrels of propane covered by cash flow hedges	300,000
Unleaded gasoline [Member]
Number of barrels of propane covered by cash flow hedges	48,000

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Fair Value of Financial Derivatives Balance Sheet Locations) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative assets	$ 3,577	$ 4,655
Interest rate swap assets	2,427	1,828
Derivative assets, fair value	6,004	6,483
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	33,301	42,375
Interest rate swap liabilities	4,220	4,748
Derivative liabilities, fair value	37,521	47,123
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,577	4,655
Interest rate swap assets	2,427	1,828
Derivative assets, fair value	6,004	6,483
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	33,301	42,375
Interest rate swap liabilities	4,220	4,748
Derivative liabilities, fair value	37,521	47,123
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,155	3,614
Interest rate swap assets	1,836	1,828
Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments at Fair Value, Net	0	0
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative assets	3,155	3,614
Interest rate swap assets	1,836	1,828
Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments at Fair Value, Net	0	0
Other assets, net [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative assets	422	1,041
Interest rate swap assets	591	0
Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments at Fair Value, Net	0	0
Other assets, net [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative assets	422	1,041
Interest rate swap assets	591	0
Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments at Fair Value, Net	0	0
Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	23,000	27,929
Interest rate swap liabilities	2,470	2,241
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Liability, at Fair Value	2,169	1,280
Other Current Liabilities [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	23,000	27,929
Interest rate swap liabilities	2,470	2,241
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Liability, at Fair Value	2,169	1,280
Other Liabilities [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	6,851	12,034
Interest rate swap liabilities	1,750	2,507
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Liability, at Fair Value	1,281	1,132
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Propane commodity derivative liabilities	6,851	12,034
Interest rate swap liabilities	1,750	2,507
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Liability, at Fair Value	$ 1,281	$ 1,132

- Definition

Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets elected not to be offset. Excludes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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- Definition

Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Schedule of Derivative Collateral) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Derivative Asset, Fair Value of Collateral	$ 24,497	$ 29,795
Derivative Liability, Fair Value of Collateral	10	15
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value of Collateral	24,497	29,795
Derivative Liability, Fair Value of Collateral	10	15
Other assets, net [Member]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value of Collateral	8,896	11,786
Other assets, net [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value of Collateral	8,896	11,786
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value of Collateral	15,601	18,009
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value of Collateral	15,601	18,009
Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value of Collateral	10	15
Other Current Liabilities [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value of Collateral	10	15
Other Liabilities [Member]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value of Collateral	0	0
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value of Collateral	$ 0	$ 0

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Fair Value Hedge Derivative Effect on Earnings) (Details) (Interest Rate Swap [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Gain (loss) recognized on derivative	$ 537	$ 457
Interest expense recognized on fixed-rate debt	(2,275)	(2,275)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Gain (loss) recognized on derivative	537	457
Interest expense recognized on fixed-rate debt	$ (2,275)	$ (2,275)

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Effect on Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI	$ 384	$ (13,897)
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(8,226)	1,128
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income, ineffective portion	0	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI	384	(13,897)
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(8,226)	1,128
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income, ineffective portion	0	0
Propane commodity derivatives [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI	1,585	(12,758)
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(7,449)	1,128
Propane commodity derivatives [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI	1,585	(12,758)
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(7,449)	1,128
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI	(1,201)	(1,139)
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI	(1,201)	(1,139)
Cost of Product Sold [Member] \| Propane commodity derivatives [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(7,449)	1,128
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income, ineffective portion	0	0
Cost of Product Sold [Member] \| Propane commodity derivatives [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(7,449)	1,128
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income, ineffective portion	0	0
Interest Expense [Member] \| Propane commodity derivatives [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income, ineffective portion	0	0
Interest Expense [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(777)	0
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income, ineffective portion	0	0
Interest Expense [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	$ (777)	$ 0

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Changes in Derivative Value Effect on Other Comprehensive Income Loss) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Propane commodity derivatives [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Propane commodity derivatives [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Propane commodity derivatives [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Propane commodity derivatives [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Interest Rate Swap [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Interest Rate Swap [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Derivative [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Derivative [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Derivative [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Derivative [Member]	Oct. 31, 2015 Derivative [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2015 Derivative [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Derivative [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Derivative [Member] Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Beginning balance	$ (30,411)		$ (38,934)	$ (30,708)		$ (39,318)									$ (30,296)	$ (38,906)	$ (8,542)	$ 6,483	$ (30,296)	$ (38,906)	$ (8,542)	$ 6,483
Change in value of risk management derivatives	384	(13,897)		384	(13,897)		1,585	(12,758)	1,585	(12,758)	(1,201)	(1,139)	(1,201)	(1,139)
Reclassification of gains and losses on commodity hedges to cost of product sold - propane and other gas liquids sales	8,226	(1,128)		8,226	(1,128)		7,449	(1,128)	7,449	(1,128)
Ending balance	(30,411)		(38,934)	(30,708)		(39,318)									(30,296)	(38,906)	(8,542)	6,483	(30,296)	(38,906)	(8,542)	6,483
Derivative, Net Hedge Ineffectiveness Gain (Loss)											$ 777	$ 0	$ 777	$ 0

- Definition

Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge.

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Transactions With Related Parties (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Limited partner ownership interest	22.40%
Number of employees	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Number of employees	0
James H. Ballengee [Member]
Limited partner ownership interest	9.50%
James H. Ballengee [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Limited partner ownership interest	9.50%
Jamex Marketing, LLC [Member]
Revenue from Related Parties	$ 4.4
Related Party Costs	0.6
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties	1.6	4.8
Accounts Payable, Related Parties	0.3	4.2
Jamex Marketing, LLC [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Revenue from Related Parties	4.4
Related Party Costs	0.6
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties	1.6	4.8
Accounts Payable, Related Parties	$ 0.3	$ 4.2

- Definition

For an unclassified balance sheet, amount of receivables arising from transactions with related parties.

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Transactions With Related Parties (Schedule Of Transactions With Related Parties) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative expense	$ 19,144,000	$ 23,395,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative expense	19,144,000	23,395,000
Compensation And Benefits [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expense	56,010,000	51,120,000
General and administrative expense	7,093,000	6,597,000
Compensation And Benefits [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expense	56,010,000	51,120,000
General and administrative expense	$ 7,093,000	$ 6,597,000

Contingencies And Commitments (Narrative) (Details) (Senior Notes [Member], Fixed Rate, 8.625%, Due 2020 [Member], Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015
Senior Notes [Member] \| Fixed Rate, 8.625%, Due 2020 [Member] \| Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. [Member]
Debt principal amount	$ 182.0
Debt interest rate	8.625%
Debt maturity year	2020

Net Earnings Per Common Unitholders' Interest Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Unitholders' Interest (Earnings Distribution Allocation) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015
Upper Range [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Distributed	$ 0.83
Upper Range [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Allocated Distribution	51.50%
Upper Range [Member] \| General Partner [Member]
Allocated Distribution	48.50%
Middle Range [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Distributed	$ 0.64
Middle Range [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Distributed	$ 0.82
Middle Range [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Allocated Distribution	76.80%
Middle Range [Member] \| General Partner [Member]
Allocated Distribution	23.20%
Lower Range [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Distributed	$ 0.56
Lower Range [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Distributed	$ 0.63
Lower Range [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Allocated Distribution	86.90%
Lower Range [Member] \| General Partner [Member]
Allocated Distribution	13.10%

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Unitholders' Interest (Schedule of Earnings Per Share) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Common unitholders' interest in net earnings	$ (78,995)	$ (32,546)
Weighted average common units outstanding - basic	100,376,800	82,179,700
Dilutive securities	0	0
Weighted average common units outstanding - diluted	100,376,800	82,179,700
Basic and diluted net earnings per common unitholders' interest	$ (0.79)	$ (0.40)

Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	$ 471,146	$ 443,355
Costs and Expenses	422,247	408,994
Adjusted EBITDA	48,899	34,361
Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	277,476	435,439
Costs and Expenses	241,877	393,805
Adjusted EBITDA	35,599	41,634
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	189,373	0
Costs and Expenses	164,570	0
Adjusted EBITDA	24,803	0
Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	4,297	7,916
Costs and Expenses	4,776	4,733
Adjusted EBITDA	(479)	3,183
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	0	0
Costs and Expenses	11,024	10,456
Adjusted EBITDA	(11,024)	(10,456)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	471,146	443,355
Costs and Expenses	422,247	408,997
Adjusted EBITDA	48,899	34,358
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	277,476	435,439
Costs and Expenses	241,877	393,808
Adjusted EBITDA	35,599	41,631
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	189,373	0
Costs and Expenses	164,570	0
Adjusted EBITDA	24,803	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	4,297	7,916
Costs and Expenses	4,776	4,733
Adjusted EBITDA	(479)	3,183
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	0	0
Costs and Expenses	11,024	10,456
Adjusted EBITDA	$ (11,024)	$ (10,456)

Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Net Earnings) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	$ (79,793,000)	$ (32,875,000)
Income tax benefit	(844,000)	(510,000)
Interest Expense	33,788,000	23,912,000
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979,000	23,309,000
EBITDA	(9,870,000)	13,836,000
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Compensation Expense	5,256,000	4,374,000
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122,000	16,112,000
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	29,316,000	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment, Excluding Oil and Gas Property and Timber Property	14,917,000	961,000
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	122,000	449,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100,000)	(1,800,000)
Severance Costs	856,000	0
Legal Fees	0	723,000
Acquisition Costs, Period Cost	15,000	0
Net earnings (loss)	(80,566,000)	(33,169,000)
Adjusted EBITDA	48,899,000	34,361,000
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Expenses and Losses Recognized	1,038,000	0
Adjusted EBITDA	24,803,000	0
Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net earnings (loss)	(773,000)	(294,000)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	(76,536,000)	(29,137,000)
Income tax benefit	(844,000)	(511,000)
Interest Expense	29,758,000	19,878,000
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,979,000	23,309,000
EBITDA	(10,643,000)	13,539,000
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Compensation Expense	5,256,000	4,374,000
Non-cash stock-based compensation charge	8,122,000	16,112,000
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	29,316,000	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment, Excluding Oil and Gas Property and Timber Property	14,917,000	961,000
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	122,000	449,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(100,000)	(1,800,000)
Severance Costs	856,000	0
Legal Fees	0	723,000
Acquisition Costs, Period Cost	15,000	0
Net earnings (loss)	(76,536,000)	(29,137,000)
Adjusted EBITDA	48,899,000	34,358,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Expenses and Losses Recognized	1,038,000	0
Adjusted EBITDA	24,803,000	0
General Partner [Member]
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net earnings (loss)	(798,000)
General Partner [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Segment Reporting, Other Significant Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net earnings (loss)	$ (773,000)

Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated) (Details) (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 2,386,186,000	$ 2,464,056,000
Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	1,287,582,000	1,295,831,000
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	879,286,000	917,325,000
Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	178,236,000	205,358,000
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	41,082,000	45,542,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	2,384,414,000	2,459,962,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	1,287,582,000	1,291,737,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	879,286,000	917,325,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	178,236,000	205,358,000
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 39,310,000	$ 45,542,000

Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Schedule of Capital Expenditure Information, by Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	$ 24,501	$ 16,982
Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	14,513	15,645
Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	3,303	0
Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	6,540	1,033
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	145	304
Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	6,182	5,056
Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	5,898	4,576
Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	0	0
Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	139	176
Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	145	304
Growth Capital Expenditures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	18,319	11,926
Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	8,615	11,069
Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	3,303	0
Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	6,401	857
Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	0	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	24,501	16,982
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	14,513	15,645
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	3,303	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	6,540	1,033
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	145	304
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	6,182	5,056
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	5,898	4,576
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	0	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	139	176
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Maintenance Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	145	304
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Growth Capital Expenditures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	18,319	11,926
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Propane and related equipment sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	8,615	11,069
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream - Crude Oil Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	3,303	0
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Midstream Operations - Water Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	6,401	857
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member] \| Growth Capital Expenditures [Member] \| Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Capital Expenditures	$ 0	$ 0

Subsequent Events Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details) (Subsequent Event [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Treasury Units Purchased	2.4
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Treasury Units Purchased	2.4
Credit Facility [Domain]
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	$ 45.9
Ferrellgas Partners [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	46.8
General Partner [Member] \| Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	$ 0.4

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Effect on Earnings) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015
Operating Expense [Member]
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Gain (Loss), Net	$ (1,038)
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Gain (Loss), Net	$ (1,038)

Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs	$ 0	$ 52

Debt (Senior Notes Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Interest payments	$ 3,780	$ 2,978
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Interest payments	$ 3,779	$ 2,978

Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value	$ 0	$ 100
Ferrellgas, L.P. [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value	$ 0	$ 100

For the three months ended October 31, 2015

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income

Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income

Commodity derivatives

Operating expense