Other Income, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

The following table sets forth the items in Other income, net for the periods presented below:


	Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2023		2022		2021
Interest income	$	13,007	$	3,000	$	1,529
Property insurance recoveries	11,807		10,632		3,850
Gain on deconsolidation of joint venture	6,544		—		—
Gain on sale of assets and business, net	5,782		1,685		14,661
Patronage income	3,046		4,457		2,962
Biofuel Producer Program Funds	2,190		17,643		—


Equity earnings (losses) in affiliates	(1,178)		(5,671)		4,842
Other	9,285		2,077		9,594
Total	$	50,483	$	33,823	$	37,438

Individually significant items included in the table above are:

Interest income - In 2023, the Company earned $11.1 million in interest income on cash and cash equivalents with an additional $1.9 million earned from an inventory financing program. In 2022, an inventory financing program earned $1.5 million, the remaining interest income consisted of individually insignificant amounts in the ordinary course of business. In 2021, the Company earned $1.3 million, the remaining interest income consisted of individually insignificant amounts in the ordinary course of business.

Property insurance recoveries- In 2023, property insurance recoveries consisted of $1.5 million related to a conveyor collapse at a Louisiana grain asset in the prior year, proceeds of $5.5 million related to a fire at a Michigan grain asset in the prior year, and proceeds of $2.7 million related to a grain bin collapse at a Indiana grain facility in the prior year, the remaining proceeds consists of several individually insignificant amounts in the ordinary course of business. In 2022, property insurance recoveries consisted of approximately $3.0 million relating to a prior period incident at the Company's port facility in Texas, proceeds of $2.6 million related to a conveyor collapse at a Louisiana grain asset, and proceeds of $5.0 million related to a grain bin collapse at an Indiana grain facility. In 2021, property insurance recoveries consisted of approximately $3.8 million relating to a prior period incident at the Company's port facility in Texas,

Gain on deconsolidation of joint venture - On April 18, 2023, ELEMENT was placed into receivership. As the receiver took control of ELEMENT, under the VIE consolidation model, the Company deemed to have lost control of the entity and therefore deconsolidated ELEMENT from its Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result of these activities, the Company recognized a gain on deconsolidation. See footnote 19 for additional information.

Gain on sale of assets and businesses - In 2023, the vast majority of the gain was from the sale of a Nebraska grain facility of $5.6 million. In 2022, the gain was primarily attributed to the sale of the Company's remaining frac sand facilities and assets in Oklahoma and Minnesota of $3.9 million. The Company In 2021, the gain was primarily attributed to the sale of an Illinois grain facility of $14.6 million.

Patronage income - As part of the Company's normal operations it relies heavily on short-term lines of credit in order to support working capital needs in addition to long-term debt presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As part of these programs the Company receives patronage income from its lenders.

Biofuel Producer Program funds - The USDA as a part of the Biofuel Producer Program, created under CARES Act, provided funding to support biofuel producers who faced unexpected market losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, the Company received proceeds of $2.2 million under this program, of which $0.8 million was attributable to noncontrolling interest. In 2022, TAMH and ELEMENT received proceeds of $13.3 million and $4.3 million, respectively. Of these proceeds, $8.7 million was attributable to noncontrolling interest.

Equity earnings (losses) in affiliates - In 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded impairment charges on equity method investments for $1.0 million and $4.5 million, respectively. The remaining activity consists of routine earnings and losses in equity method investments through the ordinary course of business.