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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Related Party Transactions | 20. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Green Plains Cattle Company LLC The company engaged in certain related party transactions with GPCC, which was considered a related party until the fourth quarter of 2020 at which time the company’s remaining 50% interest was sold. The company provided a variety of shared services to GPCC, including accounting and finance, payroll and human resources, information technology, legal, communications and treasury activities. The company reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by $1.2 million and $0.5 million related to shared services provided for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The company had $2.2 million outstanding receivables related to the shared service agreement and expenses paid on behalf of GPCC as of December 31, 2019. Green Plains Trade Group, a subsidiary of the company, enters into certain sale contracts with GPCC during the normal course of business. Related party revenues associated with GPCC were $8.2 million and $4.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. 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 (AGR) 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. Aircraft Leases 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. Given the limited amount of travel during fiscal year 2020, the companies have agreed to defer the monthly payment until excess carryover hours are used. As of December 31, 2020, the company has approximately 61 hours of flight time available to be used. Once used, the company agreed to pay $11,588 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. During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, payments related to these leases totaled $56 thousand, $129 thousand and $159 thousand, respectively. The company had no outstanding payables related to these agreements at December 31, 2020 and $17 outstanding payables related to these agreements at December 31, 2019.

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