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12. Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Working Capital Arrangement. In May 2013 we extended the annual Grain Procurement and Working Capital Agreement with J.D. Heiskell that has been in place since March 2011. Pursuant to the agreement we agreed to procure whole yellow corn and grain sorghum (also called “milo”) from J.D. Heiskell. The Company has the ability to obtain grain from other sources subject to certain conditions, however, in the past all of our grain purchases have been from Heiskell. Title and risk of loss of the corn pass to the Company when the corn is deposited into the weigh bin. The term of the Agreement expires on December 31, 2015 and is automatically renewed for additional one-year terms. Heiskell further agrees to sell all ethanol to Kinergy Marketing or other marketing purchaser designated by the Company and all WDG and condensed distillers solubles to A.L. Gilbert. Our relationships with J.D. Heiskell, Kinergy Marketing, and A.L. Gilbert are well established and the Company believes that the relationships are beneficial to all parties involved in utilizing the distribution logistics, reaching out to widespread customer base, managing inventory, and building working capital relationships. Revenue is recognized upon delivery of ethanol to J. D. Heiskell as revenue recognition criteria have been met and any performance required of the Company subsequent to the sale to J.D. Heiskell is inconsequential. These agreements are ordinary purchase and sale agency agreements for an ethanol plant.

The J.D. Heiskell sales activity associated with the Purchasing Agreement, Grain Procurement and Working Capital Agreements during the year ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:



	Year ended December 31
	2014		2013		2012
Ethanol sales	$	148,408	$	106,566		128,831
Wet distiller's grains sales		32,689		26,490		35,469
Corn oil sales		4,501		2,609		2,583
Corn purchases		120,915		96,000		156,985
Milo Purchases		-		11,523
Accounts receivable		368		641		395
Accounts payable		1,965		2,228		2,650

Ethanol and Wet Distillers Grains Marketing Arrangement. The Company entered into an Ethanol Marketing Agreement with Kinergy Marketing and a Wet Distillers Grains marketing agreement with A. L Gilbert. Under the terms of the agreements, subject to certain conditions, the agreements with Kinergy Marketing matures on August 31, 2015 and with A.L Gilbert on December 31, 2015 with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company expensed marketing costs of $2.9 million, $2.1 million and $2.4 million, respectively, under the terms of both ethanol and wet distillers grains agreements.