Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012


	Year Ended August 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(Dollars in thousands)
Sales
Industrial ingredients
Industrial Starch	$	156,945		$	127,471		$	115,681
Ethanol		101,874			105,730			68,335

	$	258,819		$	233,201		$	184,016
Food ingredients		102,544			82,240			70,258

	$	361,363		$	315,441		$	254,274

Depreciation and amortization
Industrial ingredients	$	10,879		$	10,812		$	10,850
Food ingredients		1,989			2,110			2,341
Corporate and other		1,259			1,493			1,600

	$	14,127		$	14,415		$	14,791

Income (loss) from continuing operations
Industrial ingredients	$	(928	)	$	(4,718	)	$	(11,512	)
Food ingredients		21,591			18,037			15,145
Corporate and other		(10,604	)		(8,874	)		(8,493	)

	$	10,059		$	4,445		$	(4,860	)

Capital expenditures, net
Industrial ingredients	$	8,700		$	6,625		$	4,713
Food ingredients		5,446			1,663			1,267
Corporate and other		—			7			—

	$	14,146		$	8,295		$	5,980

Assets by Segment


	August 31,
	2012		2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Total assets
Industrial ingredients	$	143,039	$	138,412
Food ingredients		63,949		42,252
Corporate and other		29,191		31,750

	$	236,179	$	212,414

Reconciliation of Income (Loss) from Operations for Segments to Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

Reconciliation of income (loss) from operations for the Company's segments to income (loss) before income taxes as reported in the consolidated financial statements follows:


	Year Ended August 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(Dollars in thousands)
Income (loss) from operations	$	10,059		$	4,445		$	(4,860	)
Interest expense		(8,633	)		(9,364	)		(7,550	)
Other non-operating income (expense)		(6,186	)		115			(1,921	)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(4,760	)	$	(4,804	)	$	(14,331	)

Sales, Attributed to Area to Which Product was Shipped

Sales, attributed to the area to which the product was shipped, are as follows:


	Year Ended August 31,
	2012		2011		2010
	(Dollars in thousands)
United States	$	328,282	$	288,571	$	231,042

Canada		5,653		4,027		3,738
Mexico		12,761		9,221		6,996
Columbia		6,678		6,802		6,227
Japan		4,380		3,434		1,173
Other		3,609		3,386		5,098

Non-United States		33,081		26,870		23,232

Total	$	361,363	$	315,441	$	254,274

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total profit or loss from reportable segments, to the entity's consolidated income before income taxes, extraordinary items, and discontinued operations.

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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