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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Summary of income tax provision | The income tax provision consists of the following for the years ended October 31 (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 8,212 |  |  | $ | 4,405 |  |  | $ | 7,988 |
State |  |  | 1,233 |  |  |  | 1,107 |  |  |  | 1,868 |
Foreign |  |  | 2,428 |  |  |  | (170 | ) |  |  | 153 |
Total current |  |  | 11,873 |  |  |  | 5,342 |  |  |  | 10,009 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | (214 | ) |  |  | 1,277 |  |  |  | 1,157 |
State |  |  | (559 | ) |  |  | 208 |  |  |  | 277 |
Foreign |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  | 422 |  |  |  | (104 | )
Total deferred |  |  | (818 | ) |  |  | 1,907 |  |  |  | 1,332 |
Total income tax provision |  | $ | 11,055 |  |  | $ | 7,249 |  |  | $ | 11,341 |
Significant components of deferred taxes assets (liabilities) | Significant components of our deferred taxes assets (liabilities) as of October 31, are as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Allowances for accounts receivable |  | $ | 714 |  |  | $ | 564 |
Inventories |  |  | 483 |  |  |  | 435 |
State taxes |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | 276 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  | 675 |  |  |  | 861 |
Current deferred income taxes |  | $ | 2,222 |  |  | $ | 2,136 |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | (5,604 | ) |  |  | (5,258 | )
Intangible assets |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | (312 | )
Unrealized gain, Limoneira investment |  |  | (6,008 | ) |  |  | (2,614 | )
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 183 |
State taxes |  |  | 546 |  |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | (1 | )
Long-term deferred income taxes |  | $ | (10,665 | ) |  | $ | (8,002 | )
Reconciliation of significant differences between federal statutory income tax rate and effective income tax rate | A reconciliation of the significant differences between the federal statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax rate on pretax income for the years ended October 31, is as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Federal statutory tax rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State taxes, net of federal effects |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | 4.8 |  |  |  | 4.8 |
Foreign income taxes greater (less) than U.S. |  |  | (2.7 | ) |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  |  | (0.9 | )
Hacienda assessment |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
|  |  | 39.5 | % |  |  | 39.8 | % |  |  | 39.1 | %
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
Balance at November 1, 2010 |  | $ | 103 |
Reductions of tax positions from prior years |  |  | (62 | )
Balance at October 31, 2011 |  |  | 41 |
Reductions of tax positions from prior years |  |  | (41 | )
Balance at October 31, 2012 |  | $ | — |

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