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Equity Method Investments | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Equity Method Investments | Equity Method Investments. As of June 30, 2017, the Company’s investment accounted for using the equity method of accounting was a 30 percent interest in Illinois Corn Processing ("ICP"), which manufactures alcohol for fuel, industrial and beverage applications. Until December 23, 2016, the Company also had a 50 percent interest in D.M. Ingredients, GmbH, ("DMI"), which produced certain specialty starch and protein ingredients. On December 29, 2014, the Company gave notice to DMI and to the Company's partner in DMI, Crespel and Dieters GmbH & Co. KG ("C&D"), to terminate the joint venture effective June 30, 2015. On June 22, 2015, a termination agreement was executed by and between the Company, DMI, and C&D to dissolve DMI effective June 30, 2015. Additionally, on June 22, 2015 a termination agreement was executed by and between the Company and DMI to terminate their distribution agreement effective June 29, 2015. On December 23, 2016, the Company received its portion of the remaining DMI liquidation proceeds, which totaled $351, as a return of its investment. Refer to Note 10 for events occurring subsequent to the financial statement date for the quarter and year to date periods ended June 30, 2017 related to the Company's equity method investment in ICP. Summary Financial Information (unaudited). Condensed financial information related to the Company’s non-consolidated equity method investment in ICP is shown below.
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Year to Date Ended
|  | June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016
ICP’s Operating results: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales (a) |  | $ | 39,677 |  |  | $ | 40,576 |  |  | $ | 78,062 |  |  | $ | 90,185 |
Cost of sales and expenses (b) |  | 42,410 |  |  | 36,980 |  |  | 79,224 |  |  | 84,866 |
Net income |  | $ | (2,733 | ) |  | $ | 3,596 |  |  | $ | (1,162 | ) |  | $ | 5,319 |
(a) | Includes related party sales to MGPI of $9,015 and $6,698 for the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Includes related party sales to MGPI of $17,672 and $12,939 for the year to date periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(b) | Includes depreciation and amortization of $862 and $747 for the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Includes depreciation and amortization of $1,720 and $1,482 for the year to date periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
The Company’s equity method investment earnings (loss) from joint ventures, based on unaudited financial statements, is as follows:
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Year to Date Ended |
|  | June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016 |
ICP (30% interest) |  | $ | (819 | ) |  | $ | 1,079 |  |  | $ | (348 | ) |  | $ | 1,596 |  |
DMI (50% interest)(a) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  | (a)
|  | $ | (819 | ) |  | $ | 1,079 |  |  | $ | (348 | ) |  | $ | 1,596 |  |
(a) | The Company's equity method investment in DMI ended on December 23, 2016, when it received a return of its investment.
The Company’s investment in joint ventures is as follows:
|  | June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
ICP (30% interest) |  | $ | 11,152 |  | (a) | $ | 18,934 |  | (a)
(a) During the year to date periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company received cash distributions from ICP of $7,430 and $3,300, respectively. The Company's portions of the cash distributions totaling $7,430, were recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as cash and returns on investment. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, $7,131 of the cash distributions received in the year to date period ended June 30, 2017 was recorded as a return on investment. The balance of $299 was recorded as a return of investment because, since the inception of the investment, total dividends received exceeded total equity earnings by this amount (see Note 10). The cash distribution of $3,300 received in the year to date period ended June 30, 2016 was a return on investment.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64825282&loc=d3e32847-111569 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64825282&loc=d3e32787-111569 + Details
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