Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segments.

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Segments.
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENTS.

3. SEGMENTS.


The Company reports its financial and operating performance in three segments: (1) marketing and distribution, which includes marketing and merchant trading for Company-produced alcohols and essential ingredients on an aggregated basis, and third-party fuel-grade ethanol (2) Pekin production, which includes the production and sale of alcohols and essential ingredients produced at the Company’s Pekin, Illinois campus (“Pekin Campus”), and (3) Other production, which includes the production and sale of fuel-grade ethanol and essential ingredients produced at all of the Company’s other production facilities on an aggregated basis (“Other production”), none of which are individually so significant as to be considered a reportable segment.


The following tables set forth certain financial data for the Company’s operating segments (in thousands):


    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Net Sales   2021     2020  
Marketing and distribution:            
Alcohol sales, gross   $ 57,010     $ 57,506  
Alcohol sales, net     452       429  
Intersegment sales     2,244       4,315  
Total marketing and distribution sales     59,706       62,250  
Pekin Campus production, recorded as gross:                
Alcohol sales   $ 95,083     $ 84,132  
Essential ingredient sales     45,077       39,870  
Intersegment sales     9,985       2,332  
Total Pekin Campus sales     150,145       126,334  
Other production, recorded as gross:                
Alcohol sales   $ 15,969     $ 99,230  
Essential ingredient sales     5,143       30,237  
Intersegment sales     305       291  
Total Other production sales     21,417       129,758  
                 
Intersegment eliminations     (12,534 )     (6,938 )
Net sales as reported   $ 218,734     $ 311,404  
                 

Cost of goods sold:            
Marketing and distribution   $ 53,957     $ 57,139  
Pekin Campus production     137,376       128,683  
Other production     24,118       142,310  
Intersegment eliminations     (10,554 )     (3,838 )
Cost of goods sold as reported   $ 204,897     $ 324,294  

Income (loss) before benefit for income taxes:            
Marketing and distribution   $ 3,973     $ 2,930  
Pekin Campus production     9,691       (6,849 )
Other production     (5,137 )     (16,621 )
Corporate activities     (2,904 )     (2,562 )
    $ 5,623     $ (23,102 )
Depreciation:                
Pekin Campus production   $ 4,345     $ 5,130  
Other production     1,498       4,530  
Corporate activities     17       99  
    $ 5,860     $ 9,759  

Interest expense:            
Marketing and distribution   $ 202     $ 627  
Pekin Campus production     519       2,084  
Other production     136       32  
Corporate activities     1,028       2,564  
    $ 1,885     $ 5,307  

The following table sets forth the Company’s total assets by operating segment (in thousands): 


    March 31,
    December 31,  
Total assets:   2021     2020  
Marketing and distribution   $ 119,546     $ 89,337  
Pekin Campus production     238,370       234,439  
Other production     120,351       102,409  
Corporate assets     22,849       50,633  
    $ 501,116     $ 476,818