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Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges
 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges
The Company announced a cost-saving initiative and restructuring plan to re-purpose its Argentinian subsidiary for storage and special projects during the quarter ended December 31, 2019, with tobacco processing to be provided by a third party going forward. Total costs related to severance for affected employees, and impairment and other one-time costs associated with fixed assets are estimated to be $4,300 and $141, respectively, and are expected to be incurred by March 31, 2020. For the three months ended December 31, 2019, the Company incurred $621 and $141 for severance and impairment related charges, respectively.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the Company incurred costs associated with the closure of a processing facility in the Leaf - Other Regions segment in order to process tobacco in the affected area under a third-party processing arrangement going forward, the consolidation of the Company's U.S. green tobacco processing operations into its Wilson, North Carolina facility, and the re-purposing of its Farmville, North Carolina facility for storage and special projects.

The following summarizes the Company's restructuring and asset impairment charges:
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
2019201820192018
Employee separation charges$531  $1,122  $632  $2,499  
Asset impairment and other non-cash charges141  545  260  891  
Restructuring and asset impairment charges$672  $1,667  $892  $3,390  

The following summarizes the activity in the restructuring accrual for employee separation and other cash charges recorded in the Company's Leaf - North America and Leaf - Other Regions segments:
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
2019201820192018
Leaf - North America  Leaf - Other Regions  Leaf - North America  Leaf - Other Regions  Leaf - North America  Leaf - Other Regions  Leaf - North America  Leaf - Other Regions  
Beginning balance$266  $214  $107  $889  $1,621  $222  $—  $107  
Period charges—  531  892  230  8  624  1,139  1,360  
Payments(251) (646) (73) (328) (1,614) (747) (213) (676) 
Ending balance$15  $99  $926  $791  $15  $99  $926  $791  

The following summarizes the asset impairment and other non-cash charges recorded in the Company's Leaf - North America and Leaf - Other Regions segments:
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
2019201820192018
Leaf - North America$—  $545  $—  $545  
Leaf - Other Regions141  —  260  346  
Total$141  $545  $260  $891