Related-Party Transactions | Related-Party Transactions The Company rents certain of its residential housing assets to employees on a month-to-month basis. The Company recorded $550,000 and $530,000 of rental revenue from employees in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. There were no rental payments due from employees at July 31, 2019 or October 31, 2018 . The Company has representation on the boards of directors of the mutual water companies in which the Company has investments. The Company recorded capital contributions and purchased water and water delivery services from such mutual water companies, in aggregate, of $207,000 and $211,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, and $1,065,000 and $1,097,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. Capital contributions are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and purchases of water and water delivery services are included in agribusiness expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Water payments due to the mutual water companies were, in aggregate, insignificant at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , respectively. The Company has representation on the board of directors of a non-profit cooperative association that provides pest control services for the agricultural industry. The Company purchased services and supplies of $302,000 and $396,000 from the association in the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, and $1,158,000 and $1,211,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which are included in agribusiness expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Payments due to the cooperative were insignificant at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 . 13. Related-Party Transactions (continued) The Company has an investment in and representation on the board of directors of Calavo and Calavo has an investment in and had representation on the board of directors of the Company through December 2018. The Company recorded dividend income of $250,000 and $285,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, on its investment in Calavo, which is included in other income (expense), net in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company paid $381,000 and $324,000 of dividends to Calavo for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. The Company had $2,519,000 and $5,643,000 in avocado sales to Calavo for the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, and $3,062,000 and $6,578,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. which are included in agribusiness revenues in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. There was $729,000 and zero receivable from Calavo at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , respectively. The Company leases office space to Calavo and received rental income of $240,000 and $219,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which is included in rental operations revenues in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company purchased $261,000 and $57,000 of storage services from Calavo in the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. The Company purchased $262,000 and $61,000 of storage services from Calavo in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. Amounts due for these services were $260,000 and $3,000 at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , respectively. Certain members of the Company’s board of directors market lemons through the Company. The aggregate amount of lemons procured from entities owned or controlled by members of the board of directors was insignificant and $329,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, and $386,000 and $1,715,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which are included in agribusiness expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Payments due to these board members were insignificant and $487,000 at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , respectively. Additionally, the Company leases approximately 31 acres of orchards from entities affiliated with a member on the board of directors and incurred insignificant lease expense related to these leases in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 . On July 1, 2013, the Company and Cadiz Real Estate LLC (“Cadiz”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cadiz Inc., entered into a long-term lease agreement (the “Lease”) for a minimum of 320 acres, with options to lease up to an additional 960 acres, located within 9,600 zoned agricultural acres owned by Cadiz in eastern San Bernardino County, California. The initial term of the Lease runs for 20 years and the annual base rental rate is equal to the sum of $200 per planted acre and 20% of gross revenues from the sale of harvested lemons (less operating expenses) not to exceed $1,200 per acre per year. A member of the Company’s board of directors serves as the CEO, President and a member of the board of directors of Cadiz Inc. Additionally, this board member is an attorney with a law firm that provided services of insignificant amounts to the Company during the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 . Payments due to the law firm were insignificant at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , respectively. The Company incurred insignificant lease and farming expenses in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , which are recorded in agribusiness expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. In February 2016, Cadiz assigned this lease to Fenner Valley Farms, LLC (“Fenner”), a subsidiary of Water Asset Management, LLC (“WAM”). An entity affiliated with WAM is the holder of 9,300 shares of Limoneira Company Series B-2 convertible preferred stock. Amounts due to Fenner were insignificant at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 . The Company has representation on the board of directors of Colorado River Growers, Inc. (“CRG”), a non-profit cooperative association of fruit growers engaged in the agricultural harvesting business in Yuma County, Arizona. The Company paid harvest costs to CRG of $3,841,000 and $2,451,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which are included in agribusiness expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Our Associated Citrus Packers, Inc. ("Associated") provided harvest management and administrative services to CRG in the amounts of $306,000 and $218,000 during the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which are included in agribusiness revenues in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. There was zero and $232,000 due to Associated from CRG at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , respectively, which is included in accounts receivable, net in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company has representation on the board of directors of Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District (“YMIDD”). The Company purchased insignificant amounts of water from YMIDD during the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which are included in agribusiness expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. There were no amounts due to YMIDD at July 31, 2019 or October 31, 2018 . The Company has a 1.3% interest in Limco Del Mar, Ltd. (“Del Mar”) as a general partner and a 26.8% interest as a limited partner. The Company provides Del Mar with farm management, orchard land development and accounting services and received expense reimbursements of insignificant amounts during the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 . The Company procures lemons from Del Mar and fruit proceeds payable to Del Mar were $645,000 and $709,000 at July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 , 13. Related-Party Transactions (continued) respectively, and are included in grower’s payable in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company received insignificant cash distributions and recorded equity in earnings of this investment of $195,000 and $308,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. On August 14, 2014, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Limoneira Chile SpA, invested approximately $1,750,000 for a 35% interest in Rosales, a citrus packing, marketing and sales business located in La Serena, Chile. The Company purchased an additional 12% interest in Rosales with the February 2017 acquisition of PDA. The Company recognized $537,000 and $1,009,000 of lemon sales to Rosales in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. Additionally, San Pablo recognized aggregate lemon and orange sales of $1,391,000 and $5,000 to Rosales for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. PDA recognized aggregate lemon and orange sales of $442,000 and $451,000 to Rosales in the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, and $1,207,000 and $1,154,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, which are recorded in agribusiness revenues in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The aggregate amount of lemons and oranges procured from Rosales were $1,900,000 and $1,009,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively and $2,259,000 and $1,009,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. Amounts payable to Rosales were zero at July 31, 2019 and insignificant at October 31, 2018 . The Company recorded insignificant equity in losses and insignificant equity earnings from this equity investment in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, and amortization of fair value basis differences of $253,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 . The Company received $283,000 and zero cash distributions from this equity investment in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively. As discussed in Note 3, on May 30, 2019, the Company acquired a 51% interest in Trapani Fresh. The Company advanced $907,000 to FGF for fruit purchases and FGF provided farming, packing and administrative services to Trapani Fresh of approximately $4,048,000 from acquisition to July 31, 2019 , which are included in agribusiness expense in the Company's consolidated statement of operations. There was $2,907,000 due to FGF from Trapani Fresh at July 31, 2019 , which is included in accounts payable in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. |