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Note 5 - Property and Equipment:

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Property and Equipment:

Property and equipment consists of the following:

(in thousands)	Depreciable Lives			December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011

Land		-		$	16,193		$	16,193
Land improvements	5	-	10		2,241			1,622
Buildings and improvements	7	-	30		126,438			117,082
Machinery and equipment	2	-	15		167,752			153,521
Furniture and fixtures	3	-	7		6,283			5,884
Computer software and equipment	2	-	5		25,351			21,509
Vehicles	2	-	5		1,257			1,259
Construction in progress		-			2,420			12,046
					347,935			329,116
Less accumulated depreciation					(151,608	)		(135,703	)
Net property and equipment				$	196,327		$	193,413

Leasehold improvements are included with buildings and improvements and are depreciated over the life of the lease or seven years, whichever is less.

Construction in progress, as of December 31, 2012, primarily consisted of payments for additional processing equipment at our existing facilities and costs related to the implementation of our new computer systems.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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