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Fair value measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Financial Assets Measured on a Recurring Basis

		Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
		(All amounts are presented in thousands)
Assets at Fair Value:
Investment in Limoneira Company(1)		$	29,386			-			-		$	29,386
Total assets at fair value		$	29,386		$	-		$	-		$	29,386

The investment in Limoneira Company consists of marketable securities in the Limoneira Company stock.  We currently own approximately 12% of Limoneira’s outstanding common stock.  These securities are measured at fair value by quoted market prices.  Limoneira’s stock price at January 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 equaled $17.00 per share and $19.69 per share.  Unrealized gains and losses are recognized through other comprehensive income. Unrealized investment holding losses arising during the three months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016 was $4.7 million and $5.7 million

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Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a),(b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19190-110258

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