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4. Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property Plant And Equipment Tables

Schedule of Property, plant and equipment

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land	$	2,844,513		$	2,837,780
Buildings		83,611,970			83,004,928
Furniture and fixtures		378,188			376,333
Machinery and equipment		2,226,671			2,615,140
Construction in progress		29,262			82,627
Total gross property, plant & equipment		89,090,604			88,916,808
Less accumulated depreciation		(6,212,158)			(5,023,336)
Total net property, plant & equipment	$	82,878,446		$	83,893,472

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Tabular disclosure of all information related to any significant acquisition and disposal. Disclosure may include methodology and assumptions, type of asset, asset classification, useful life, useful purpose, acquisition cost, method of acquisition or disposal, depreciation method, gain (loss) on disposal pretax and net of tax, date of acquisition or disposal and restrictions on amount of proceeds from donated assets.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 144

-Paragraph 47

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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