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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | The components of inventory at January 31, 2014, and January 31, 2013 are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Ethanol and other finished goods |  | $ | 3,517 |  |  | $ | 7,306 |
Work in process |  |  | 3,017 |  |  |  | 4,414 |
Grain and other raw materials |  |  | 12,836 |  |  |  | 13,199 |
Total |  | $ | 19,370 |  |  | $ | 24,919 |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | The components of property and equipment at January 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Land and improvements |  | $ | 21,543 |  |  | $ | 23,980 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 28,297 |  |  |  | 38,056 |
Machinery, equipment and fixtures |  |  | 223,544 |  |  |  | 221,638 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 693 |  |  |  | 39 |
|  |  | 274,077 |  |  |  | 283,713 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (71,819 | ) |  |  | (60,533 | )
|  | $ | 202,258 |  |  | $ | 223,180 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes options granted, exercised and canceled or expired during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  | Average |  |  | Aggregate |
|  |  |  |  | Average |  |  | Remaining |  |  | Intrinsic |
|  | Shares |  |  | Exercise |  |  | Contractual Term |  |  | Value |
|  | (000’s) |  |  | Price |  |  | (in years) |  |  | (000’s) |
Outstanding—Beginning of year |  |  | 169 |  |  | $ | 12.46 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (85 | ) |  |  | 12.55 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Canceled or expired |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding and exercisable—End of year |  |  | 84 |  |  | $ | 12.37 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 2,382 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph b -Article 5 + Details
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