Related Party Transactions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Green Plains Cattle Company LLC The company engages in certain related party transactions with GPCC. The company provides a variety of shared services to GPCC, including accounting and finance, payroll and human resources, information technology, legal, communications and treasury activities. The shared services provided by the company and billed to GPCC were $0.4 million and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The company had $1.5 million and $2.2 million of outstanding receivables related to the shared service agreement and expenses paid on behalf of GPCC as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the company also had an additional $2.0 million outstanding receivable related to the GPCC bonus provision. Green Plains Trade Group, a subsidiary of the company, enters into certain sale contracts with GPCC during the normal course of business. Revenues were $2.2 million and $8.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.7 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. ‎ Mr. Ejnar Knudsen, a member of the company’s board of directors, has an indirect ownership interest in GPCC of 0.0736% by reason of his ownership in TGAM Agribusiness Fund LP. Based on the purchase price, the value of that ownership interest is approximately $0.1 million. Mr. Knudsen also is the CEO and partial owner of AGR Partners LLC which provides investment advisory services to TGAM Agribusiness Fund LP pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement between AGR Partners LLC and Nuveen Alternative Advisors LLC, which is the investment manager for TGAM Agribusiness Fund LP and receives usual and customary advisory fees. Aircraft Leases Effective January 1, 2015, the company entered into two agreements with an entity controlled by Wayne Hoovestol for the lease of two aircrafts. Mr. Hoovestol is chairman of the company’s board of directors. The company agreed to pay $9,766 per month for the combined use of up to 125 hours per year of the aircrafts. Flight time in excess of 125 hours per year will incur additional hourly charges. Given the limited amount of travel during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the companies have agreed to defer the monthly payment until excess carryover hours are used. Once those hours are utilized, the companies will re-evaluate its arrangements. Payments related to these leases totaled $6 thousand and $30 thousand during the three and nine months September 30, 2020, respectively, and $37 thousand and $106 thousand during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The company had $0 in outstanding payables related to these agreements as of September 30, 2020 and $17 thousand in outstanding payables related to these agreements as of December 31, 2019.

Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Green Plains Cattle Company LLC

The company engages in certain related party transactions with GPCC. The company provides a variety of shared services to GPCC, including accounting and finance, payroll and human resources, information technology, legal, communications and treasury activities. The shared services provided by the company and billed to GPCC were $0.4 million and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The company had $1.5 million and $2.2 million of outstanding receivables related to the shared service agreement and expenses paid on behalf of GPCC as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the company also had an additional $2.0 million outstanding receivable related to the GPCC bonus provision.

Green Plains Trade Group, a subsidiary of the company, enters into certain sale contracts with GPCC during the normal course of business. Revenues were $2.2 million and $8.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.7 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.

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Mr. Ejnar Knudsen, a member of the company’s board of directors, has an indirect ownership interest in GPCC of 0.0736% by reason of his ownership in TGAM Agribusiness Fund LP. Based on the purchase price, the value of that ownership interest is approximately $0.1 million. Mr. Knudsen also is the CEO and partial owner of AGR Partners LLC which provides investment advisory services to TGAM Agribusiness Fund LP pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement between AGR Partners LLC and Nuveen Alternative Advisors LLC, which is the investment manager for TGAM Agribusiness Fund LP and receives usual and customary advisory fees.

Aircraft Leases

Effective January 1, 2015, the company entered into two agreements with an entity controlled by Wayne Hoovestol for the lease of two aircrafts. Mr. Hoovestol is chairman of the company’s board of directors. The company agreed to pay $9,766 per month for the combined use of up to 125 hours per year of the aircrafts. Flight time in excess of 125 hours per year will incur additional hourly charges. Given the limited amount of travel during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the companies have agreed to defer the monthly payment until excess carryover hours are used. Once those hours are utilized, the companies will re-evaluate its arrangements. Payments related to these leases totaled $6 thousand and $30 thousand during the three and nine months September 30, 2020, respectively, and $37 thousand and $106 thousand during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The company had $0 in outstanding payables related to these agreements as of September 30, 2020 and $17 thousand in outstanding payables related to these agreements as of December 31, 2019.