Note 7 - Leases & Property, Plant, Equipment and Water Programs	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements
Lessee, Operating Leases and Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]	NOTE 7 – LEASES & PROPERTY, PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND WATER PROGRAMS Effective February 1, 2024, the Company entered into a 26-year right-of-way agreement with the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) with respect to the Company’s Northern Pipeline asset which resulted in recording right-of-use assets and lease liabilities in the amount of $1.9 million resulting from $4.8 million in future lease payments over the 26 years less imputed interest of $2.9 million based upon a 10% weighted average discount rate. The right-of-way agreement has an annual rent expense of approximately $186,000, with annual defined inflation increases. The Company has operating leases for right-of-way agreements, corporate offices, vehicles and office equipment. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of 1 month to 26 years as of September 30, 2024, some of which include options to extend or terminate the lease. However, the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise options to renew or terminate, and therefore renewal and termination options are not included in the lease term or the right-of-use asset and lease liability balances. The Company’s current lease arrangements expire in 2049. The Company does not have any finance leases. As a lessor, in February 2016, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Fenner Valley Farms LLC (“FVF”) (the “lessee”), pursuant to which FVF is leasing, for a 99-year term, 2,100 acres owned by Cadiz in San Bernardino County, California, to be used to plant, grow and harvest agricultural crops (“FVF Lease Agreement”). As consideration for the lease, FVF paid the Company a one-time payment of $12.0 million upon closing. The Company expects to recognize rental income of $420,000 annually over the next five years related to the FVF Lease Agreement. Depreciation expense on land improvements, buildings, leasehold improvements, machinery and equipment and furniture and fixtures was $907,000 and $942,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Note 7 - Leases & Property, Plant, Equipment and Water Programs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Lessee, Operating Leases and Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7 – LEASES & PROPERTY, PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND WATER PROGRAMS

Effective February 1, 2024, the Company entered into a 26-year right-of-way agreement with the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) with respect to the Company’s Northern Pipeline asset which resulted in recording right-of-use assets and lease liabilities in the amount of $1.9 million resulting from $4.8 million in future lease payments over the 26 years less imputed interest of $2.9 million based upon a 10% weighted average discount rate. The right-of-way agreement has an annual rent expense of approximately $186,000, with annual defined inflation increases.

The Company has operating leases for right-of-way agreements, corporate offices, vehicles and office equipment. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of 1 month to 26 years as of September 30, 2024, some of which include options to extend or terminate the lease. However, the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise options to renew or terminate, and therefore renewal and termination options are not included in the lease term or the right-of-use asset and lease liability balances. The Company’s current lease arrangements expire in 2049. The Company does not have any finance leases.

As a lessor, in February 2016, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Fenner Valley Farms LLC (“FVF”) (the “lessee”), pursuant to which FVF is leasing, for a 99-year term, 2,100 acres owned by Cadiz in San Bernardino County, California, to be used to plant, grow and harvest agricultural crops (“FVF Lease Agreement”). As consideration for the lease, FVF paid the Company a one-time payment of $12.0 million upon closing. The Company expects to recognize rental income of $420,000 annually over the next five years related to the FVF Lease Agreement.

Depreciation expense on land improvements, buildings, leasehold improvements, machinery and equipment and furniture and fixtures was $907,000 and $942,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.