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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | The components of inventory at January 31, 2017, and January 31, 2016 are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | January 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Ethanol and other finished goods |  | $ | 5,262 |  |  | $ | 3,105 |
Work in process |  |  | 2,359 |  |  |  | 2,652 |
Grain and other raw materials |  |  | 9,436 |  |  |  | 11,421 |
Total |  | $ | 17,057 |  |  | $ | 17,178 |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | The components of property and equipment at January 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | January 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Land and improvements |  | $ | 20,951 |  |  | $ | 21,598 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 23,203 |  |  |  | 24,543 |
Machinery, equipment and fixtures |  |  | 255,348 |  |  |  | 237,735 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 1,046 |  |  |  | 6,094 |
|  |  | 300,548 |  |  |  | 289,970 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (117,787 | ) |  |  | (99,994 | )
Total |  | $ | 182,761 |  |  | $ | 189,976 |

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