Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information



	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
	2012				2011			2012				2011
(in thousands)
Revenues from external customers
Grain	$	718,911			$	797,130		$	1,418,772			$	1,435,097
Ethanol	167,758				164,704			318,428				297,452
Plant Nutrient	308,797				259,823			484,157				383,472
Rail	32,046				29,501			67,905				58,411
Turf & Specialty	43,845				41,551			88,972				88,821
Retail	44,477				45,458			74,733				76,588
Other	—				—			—				—
Total	$	1,315,834			$	1,338,167		$	2,452,967			$	2,339,841



	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2012				2011			2012				2011
Inter-segment sales
Grain	$	—			$	1		$	1			$	2
Ethanol	—				—			—				—
Plant Nutrient	5,334				3,221			8,417				8,606
Rail	208				—			411				189
Turf & Specialty	497				627			1,473				1,332
Retail	—				—			—				—
Other	—				—			—				—
Total	$	6,039			$	3,849		$	10,302			$	10,129



	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2012				2011			2012				2011
Interest expense (income)
Grain	$	2,687			$	3,859		$	5,939			$	8,699
Ethanol	185				274			209				686
Plant Nutrient	632				973			1,342				1,816
Rail	1,156				1,511			2,334				2,958
Turf & Specialty	312				372			668				821
Retail	157				207			353				467
Other	251				366			(135		)		(549		)
Total	$	5,380			$	7,562		$	10,710			$	14,898



	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2012				2011			2012				2011
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates
Grain	$	7,505			$	5,428		$	13,457			$	11,658
Ethanol	(2,410		)		7,082			(4,081		)		8,096
Plant Nutrient	1				2			3				4
Rail	—				—			—				—
Turf & Specialty	—				—			—				—
Retail	—				—			—				—
Other	—				—			—				—
Total	$	5,096			$	12,512		$	9,379			$	19,758



	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2012				2011			2012				2011
Other income, net
Grain	$	489			$	522		$	1,316			$	1,102
Ethanol	20				37			36				95
Plant Nutrient	1,010				134			1,128				259
Rail	824				841			1,600				1,594
Turf & Specialty	289				259			490				549
Retail	155				144			279				300
Other	(116		)		81			1,068				425
Total	$	2,671			$	2,018		$	5,917			$	4,324



	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2012				2011			2012				2011
Income (loss) before income taxes
Grain	$	15,277			$	36,541		$	34,712			$	51,642
Ethanol	(2,105		)		8,830			(1,984		)		12,401
Plant Nutrient	27,953				24,077			33,781				29,191
Rail	7,199				2,763			15,217				6,309
Turf & Specialty	2,753				1,778			4,955				5,056
Retail	1,428				1,877			(1,321		)		(787		)
Other	(5,950		)		(4,673		)	(10,157		)		(5,547		)
Noncontrolling interests	(728		)		817			(1,407		)		939
Total	$	45,827			$	72,010		$	73,796			$	99,204



(in thousands)	June 30, 2012				December 31, 2011				June 30, 2011
Identifiable assets
Grain	$	844,526			$	883,395			$	772,995
Ethanol	212,094				148,975				93,059
Plant Nutrient	214,617				240,543				281,691
Rail	310,651				246,188				214,971
Turf & Specialty	66,580				69,487				61,141
Retail	56,986				52,018				54,243
Other	89,320				93,517				65,749
Total	$	1,794,774			$	1,734,123			$	1,543,849

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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.

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