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Note 12 - Agreements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Collaborative Arrangement Disclosure [Text Block]

12. Agreements

Working Capital Arrangement. Pursuant to a Corn Procurement and Working Capital Agreement with J.D. Heiskell, the Company procures whole yellow corn from J.D. Heiskell. The Company has the ability to obtain grain from other sources subject to certain conditions; however, in the past all the Company’s grain purchases have been from J.D. Heiskell. Title and risk of loss of the corn pass to the Company when the corn is deposited into the Keyes Plant weigh bin. Pursuant to a separate agreement entered in May 2023, J.D. Heiskell also purchases all of our ethanol and other products and sells them to customers designated by us. We have designated Murex to purchase ethanol and WDG and A.L Gilbert to purchase corn oil. The Company’s relationships with J.D. Heiskell, 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 providing working capital relationships.

The J.D. Heiskell sales and purchases activity associated with the J.D. Heiskell Purchase Agreement and J.D. Heiskell Procurement Agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

		*As of and for the three months ended March 31,*
		*2024*				*2023*
Ethanol sales		$	25,385			$	-
Wet distiller's grains sales			9,213				-
Corn oil sales			1,292				37
CDS sales			21				-
Corn purchases			30,913				302


			*March 31, 2024*				*December 31, 2023*
Accounts receivable			1,540				1,073
Accounts payable			1,580				1,207

Ethanol and Wet Distillers Grains Marketing Arrangement. The Company entered into a Fuel Ethanol Purchase and Sale Agreement with Murex, which matures on October 31, 2023, with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. On May 30, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Fuel Ethanol Purchase and Sale Agreement that provides (i) the Company temporarily suspend the agreement for the duration of the Company's Working Capital Agreement with J.D. Heiskell, and (ii) the initial term shall be automatically renewed beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 31, 2025. The Company also entered into a Wet Distillers Grains Marketing Agreement with A.L. Gilbert, which matures on December 31, 2024, with automatic one-year renewals thereafter.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company expensed marketing costs of 0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, under the terms of both the Ethanol Marketing Agreement and the Wet Distillers Grains Marketing Agreement. These marketing costs are presented as part of Selling, General, and Administration expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company expensed shipping and handling costs related to sales of ethanol $0.7 million and expensed transportation costs related to sales of WDG of $1.4 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company did not incur material marketing costs, shipping and handling cost related to sales of ethanol, or transportation costs related to the sales of WDG as the Keyes Plant was in extended maintenance cycle.

Supply Trade Agreement. On July 1, 2022, the Company entered into an operating agreement with Gemini Edibles and Fats India Private Limited (“Gemini”). Under this agreement, Gemini agreed to provide the Company with a supply of feedstock up to a credit limit of $12.7 million with collateral of inventories, current assets, and fixed assets. If the Company fails to pay the invoice within the ten-day credit period, the outstanding amount will bear interest at 18%. The original term of the agreement is for one year and which was extended for two years with maturity of June 2025. Either party can terminate the agreement by giving notice one month notice in writing. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had accounts payable of $4.3 million and $7.5 million outstanding balance, respectively, under this agreement.

As of March 31, 2024, we have no forward sale commitments.

Natural Gas Purchase Agreement. As of March 31, 2024, we entered into a forward purchase agreement to buy 80 thousand MMBtu of natural gas at a fixed price from April through October 2024.