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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Aggregate Summarized Financial Information of Subsidiaries | The following table presents 2019 information for aggregate summarized financial information of TAAE, TACE and TAME through September 30, 2019 along with the Company's equity method investments in Providence Grain Group Inc., Quadra Commodities S.A. and other various investments. In the prior years, the table represents the aggregated summarized financial information of LTG, TAAE, TACE, TAME, Thompsons Limited, and other various investments as they qualified as significant equity method investees in the aggregate. No individual equity investments qualified as significant for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.
| December 31,
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Sales | $ | 1,930,289 |  |  | $ | 6,111,036 |  |  | $ | 6,080,795 |
Gross profit | 39,253 |  |  | 257,594 |  |  | 217,629 |
Income from continuing operations | 1,895 |  |  | 71,608 |  |  | 50,937 |
Net income | 940 |  |  | 68,876 |  |  | 42,970 |
Current assets | 255,052 |  |  | 1,111,826 |  |  | 1,045,124 |
Non-current assets | 80,823 |  |  | 526,169 |  |  | 538,671 |
Current liabilities | 196,163 |  |  | 792,184 |  |  | 802,161 |
Non-current liabilities | 31,509 |  |  | 281,103 |  |  | 309,649 |
Schedule of Company's Investment Balance in Each Equity Method Investee | The following table presents the Company’s investment balance in each of its equity method investees by entity:
| December 31,
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018
The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 50,382 |
The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC (a) | — |  |  | 24,242 |
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (a) | — |  |  | 14,841 |
Lansing Trade Group, LLC (b) | — |  |  | 101,715 |
Thompsons Limited (b) | — |  |  | 48,987 |
Providence Grain Group Inc. (c) | 12,424 |  |  | — |
Quadra Commodities S.A. (c) | 5,574 |  |  | — |
Other | 5,859 |  |  | 2,159 |
Total | $ | 23,857 |  |  | $ | 242,326 |
(a) The Company previously owned approximately 55%, 39%, 33% in The Andersons Albion LLC, The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC and The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC, respectively. Effective October 1, 2019, the Company contributed its interests in these three entities into TAMH. The transaction resulted in the consolidation of these entities into the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. (b) The Company previously owned approximately 32.5% of LTG. Effective January 1, 2019, the Company purchased the remaining equity of LTG. The transaction resulted in the consolidation of Thompsons Limited of Ontario, Canada and related entities, which LTG and the Company had equally owned. (c) The Company acquired the equity method investments in Providence Grain Group Inc. and Quadra Commodities S.A. through the consolidation of LTG.
Schedule of Income (Loss) Earned From the Company's Equity Method Investments | The following table summarizes income (losses) earned from the Company’s equity method investments by entity:
| % ownership at December 31, 2019 |  | December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC (a) | N/A |  | $ | (1,292 | ) |  | $ | 5,531 |  |  | $ | 6,052 |
The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC (a) | N/A |  | (151 | ) |  | 4,846 |  |  | 4,591 |
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (a) | N/A |  | 920 |  |  | 3,832 |  |  | 1,571 |
Lansing Trade Group, LLC (b) | N/A |  | — |  |  | 10,413 |  |  | 4,038 |
Thompsons Limited (b) | N/A |  | — |  |  | 2,568 |  |  | 696 |
Providence Grain Group Inc. (c)(d) | 37.8% |  | (7,411 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Quadra Commodities S.A. (c) | 17.7% |  | 910 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | 5% - 52% |  | (335 | ) |  | (49 | ) |  | (225 | )
Total |  |  | $ | (7,359 | ) |  | $ | 27,141 |  |  | $ | 16,723 |
(a) The Company previously owned approximately 55%, 39%, 33% in The Andersons Albion LLC, The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC and The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC, respectively. Effective October 1, 2019, the Company contributed its interests in these three entities into TAMH. The transaction resulted in the consolidation of these entities into the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. (b) The Company previously owned approximately 32.5% of LTG. Effective January 1, 2019, the Company purchased the remaining equity of LTG. The transaction resulted in the consolidation of Thompsons Limited of Ontario, Canada and related entities, which LTG and the Company had equally owned. (c) The Company acquired the equity method investments in Providence Grain Group Inc. and Quadra Commodities S.A. through the consolidation of LTG. (d) The Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $5.0 million in the equity method investment in Providence Grain Group which is recorded in equity earnings (losses) in affiliates.
Schedule of Related Party Transactions | The following table sets forth the related party transactions entered into for the time periods presented:
| December 31,
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Sales revenues | $ | 246,540 |  |  | $ | 358,856 |  |  | $ | 893,950 |
Service fee revenues (a) | 12,181 |  |  | 20,843 |  |  | 24,357 |
Purchases of product | 569,619 |  |  | 741,736 |  |  | 615,739 |
Lease income (b) | 3,516 |  |  | 6,523 |  |  | 6,175 |
Labor and benefits reimbursement (c) | 10,973 |  |  | 13,487 |  |  | 13,894 |
(a) | Service fee revenues included management fee, corn origination fee, ethanol and DDG marketing fees, and other commissions for the prior periods and through September 30, 2019.
(b) | Lease income included the lease of the Company’s Albion, Michigan and Clymers, Indiana grain facilities as well as certain railcars to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs and IANR for the prior periods and through September 30, 2019.
(c) | The Company provided all operational labor to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs and charged them an amount equal to the Company’s costs of the related services for the prior periods and through September 30, 2019.
| December 31,
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018
Accounts receivable (d) | $ | 10,603 |  |  | $ | 17,829 |
Accounts payable (e) | 12,303 |  |  | 28,432 |
(d) | Accounts receivable represents amounts due from related parties for sales of ethanol and other various items.
(e) | Accounts payable represents amounts due to related parties for purchases of equipment and other various items.

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