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7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details Narrative) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 Corn contract | Sep. 30, 2014 Syrup contracts | Dec. 31, 2013 Ethanol contracts
Open indexed-price sales contracts open, gallons | 134,896,000 gallons |  |  |
Open WDG, syrup and corn oil fixed-price sales contracts, value | $ 814,000 |  |  |
Open WDG, syrup and corn oil fixed-price sales contracts, tons | 164,000 tons of WDG and syrup |  |  |
Sales commitments, open indexed-price sales contracts |  | 1.8 million pounds of corn | 2,000 tons of WEG and syrup |
Purchase commitments |  |  |  | $ 11,462,000
Purchase commitments, product | 19,318,000 gallons of ethanol |  |  |

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