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Agreements (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Ethanol sales	$ 0	$ 1,666,000	$ 0	$ 26,049,000
J.D. Heiskell [Member]
Marketing costs	700,000	500,000	1,400,000	1,100,000
Ethanol sales	$ 0	$ 1,700,000	$ 0	$ 26,000,000.0

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Proceeds from borrowing under secured debt facilities

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Expenditures for planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services. Costs of public relations and corporate promotions are typically considered to be marketing costs.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)
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