Equity Method Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Equity Method Investments [Abstract]


	Ownership as of	Year Ended December 31,
	December 31, 2020	2020		2019
Green Plains Cattle Company LLC ⁽¹⁾	0%	$	-	$	64,161
Other	Various		3,994		4,837
Total		$	3,994	$	68,998

(1)The equity method investment in GPCC is impacted by the effect of deferred gains or losses on cattle sale contracts designated in a cash flow hedge relationship. Pretax accumulated other comprehensive loss for GPCC was $16.2 million as of December 31, 2019.

Earnings From Equity Method Investments


	Year Ended December 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Green Plains Cattle Company LLC ⁽¹⁾	$	20,531	$	2,839	$	-
All others		562		(42)		(596)
Total income (loss) from equity method investments, net of income taxes	$	21,093	$	2,797	$	(596)

Distributions from equity method investments	$	27,910	$	320	$	-

Earnings from equity method investments, net of distributions	$	(6,817)	$	2,477	$	(596)

(1)Pretax equity method earnings of GPCC were $27.0 and $3.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

Summary Of Statement Of Operations Data Of Equity Method Investee


	December 31, 2020⁽¹⁾		December 31, 2019⁽¹⁾
Total revenues	$	747,824	$	370,383
Total operating expenses		693,753		362,878
Net income	$	54,071	$	7,505

(1)GPCC equity method treatment began on September 1, 2019 and ended on October 1, 2020. As such, fiscal year 2020 includes nine months of GPCC operations while fiscal year 2019 includes four months of GPCC operations.

Summary Of Balance Sheet Of Equity Method Investment


	December 31, 2019
Balance sheet:
Current assets	$	516,324
Noncurrent assets		73,922
Current liabilities		461,534
Noncurrent liabilities		390
Net assets	$	128,322