Operating Leases | Operating Leases The Company has several operating leases for railcars. These leases have terms ranging from 3-12 years and most do not have renewal terms provided. The leases require the Company to maintain the condition of the railcars, restrict the use of the railcars to specified products, such as soybean meal, hulls or oil, limit usage to the continental United States, Canada or Mexico, require approval to sublease to other entities and require the Company's submission of its financial statements. Lease expense for all railcars was $1,213,705 and $1,145,549 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $3,543,057 and $3,176,709 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The following is a schedule of the Company's operating leases for railcars as of September 30, 2024: Lessor Quantity of Commencement Maturity Monthly Andersons Railcar Leasing Co. 20 7/1/2019 6/30/2026 $ 11,300 Andersons Railcar Leasing Co. 15 11/1/2021 10/31/2026 8,250 Farm Credit Leasing 87 9/1/2020 8/31/2032 34,929 Farm Credit Leasing 8 6/1/2021 5/31/2033 5,966 Farm Credit Leasing 9 10/1/2021 9/30/2033 4,624 Farm Credit Leasing 23 7/1/2022 6/30/2034 13,863 Farm Credit Leasing 30 8/1/2022 7/31/2034 30,422 Farm Credit Leasing 20 10/1/2022 9/30/2034 21,668 Lessor Quantity of Commencement Maturity Monthly Farm Credit Leasing 100 4/1/2023 3/31/2035 81,466 Farm Credit Leasing 10 3/1/2024 2/29/2036 7,427 Farm Credit Leasing 80 7/1/2024 6/30/2036 99,028 Trinity Capital 2 6/1/2021 5/31/2026 980 Wells Fargo Rail 109 3/1/2022 2/28/2027 51,775 Wells Fargo Rail 7 5/1/2022 4/30/2027 2,765 Wells Fargo Rail 15 5/1/2022 4/30/2027 5,925 Wells Fargo Rail 105 1/1/2023 12/31/2029 49,875 640 $ 430,263 The Company also has a number of other operating leases for machinery and equipment. These leases have terms ranging from 3-7 years; however, most of these leases have automatic renewal terms. These leases require monthly payments of $5,336. Lease expense under these other operating leases was $16,236 and $13,263 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $45,073 and $37,451 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. On March 19, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with an entity in the western United States to provide storage and handling services for the Company's soybean meal. The Company paid the entity $3,300,000 after the entity's construction of additional storage and handling facilities. The agreement began on May 1, 2021 and will mature on April 30, 2027 but includes an additional seven-year renewal period at the sole discretion of the Company. Lease expense under this agreement was $58,929 for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, and $176,786 for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Operating leases are included in right-to-use lease assets, current operating lease liabilities, and long-term lease liabilities on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. These assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term using the Company's secured incremental borrowing rates or implicit rates, when readily determinable. Short-term operating leases, which have an initial term of 12 months or less, are not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Lease expense for these operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease terms. The components of lease costs recognized within our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 2024 2023 Cost of revenues - Freight and rail $ 1,213,705 $ 1,145,549 $ 3,543,057 $ 3,176,709 Cost of revenues - Production 69,619 67,735 208,062 201,528 Administration expenses 5,546 4,457 13,797 12,709 Total operating lease costs $ 1,288,870 $ 1,217,741 $ 3,764,916 $ 3,390,946 The following summarizes the supplemental cash flow information for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 2024 2023 Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities $ 1,306,069 $ 1,024,713 $ 3,368,258 $ 3,100,471 Supplemental non-cash information: Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities $ 10,291,689 $ 41,523 $ 11,139,096 $ 8,956,408 The following summarizes the weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate as of September 30, 2024: Weighted-average remaining lease-term - operating leases (in years) 9.7 Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases 4.8 % The following is a maturity analysis of the undiscounted cash flows of the operating lease liabilities as of September 30, 2024: Railcars Other Total Twelve-month periods ended September 30: 2025 $ 5,163,159 $ 51,117 $ 5,214,276 2026 5,125,339 44,113 5,169,452 2027 4,519,174 41,228 4,560,402 2028 4,191,219 30,527 4,221,746 2029 4,191,219 14,841 4,206,060 Thereafter 19,681,278 — 19,681,278 Total lease payments 42,871,388 181,826 43,053,214 Less amount of lease payments representing interest (8,733,295) (21,963) (8,755,258) Total present value of lease payments $ 34,138,093 $ 159,863 $ 34,297,956 |