Connection Summer 2018 | Page 9

UNITED AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE, INC. Balance Sheets April 30, 2018 and 2017 Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable Inventories Commodities trading receivable, net Prepaid expenses Prepaid Federal income taxes Liabilities, Common Stock and Equity $ Property, plant and equipment: Depreciable fixed assets Less accumulated depreciation Construction in progress Land Other assets: Stock owned in other cooperatives: Valco Gulf Compress Others Investment - Commodity Switching Company, Inc. Goodwill $ 2018 2017 537,179 4,449,525 7,336,805 443,745 94,968 - 1,160,659 4,442,386 11,504,117 322,449 260,665 49,463 12,862,222 17,739,739 43,636,666 26,381,602 41,175,809 24,273,471 17,255,064 Current liabilities: Current maturities of notes payable Accounts payable - trade Accounts payable - patrons Accrued expenses Federal income tax payable Cash patronage dividends payable Equity retirement payable 2018 3,146,194 1,901,993 283,068 811,856 38,649 1,395,347 839,005 9,319,194 2,646,625 336,581 582,542 - 662,650 - 8,416,112 13,547,592 5,193,133 4,085 3,812,327 12,790 16,902,338 5,197,218 3,825,117 2,992,364 1,205,792 939,299 911,136 13,613,330 17,372,709 21,453,220 18,752,773 1,165 57,085 13,584,911 - 1,779,460 10,202,664 181,585 1,126 55,174 13,028,331 (453,583) 1,779,460 9,083,964 146,107 25,806,870 23,640,579 39,420,200 41,013,288 1,361,514 1,249,552 2,336,585 4,947,651 97,107 60,000 733,728 1,342,818 2,277,123 4,353,669 97,107 70,000 5,104,758 4,520,776 39,420,200 41,013,288 $ 2017 Long-term liabilities: Notes payable Deferred income taxes payable Common stock and equity: Common stock Paid-in capital Qualified equity Unallocated patronage loss Purchased equity credit Retained earnings Accumulated other comprehensive income $ C onsidering the challenges your co-op faced this year, management was quite pleased with the year end profits. All divisions ended the year with positive earnings. The cotton division, which includes the gi n and cotton warehouse, ended the year with net margins of $3,255,334 and distributable member earnings of $ 2,011,711 or $12.86 per bale.The grain division, which includes the deer corn bagging facility and the newly constructed feed mixing plant, managed a positive net margin of $711,994, despite a 23 percent decrease in bushels received from the previous year. The grain division will distribute $570,866 or $.1149 cents per bushel. The retail division came in at $309,526 and will distribute $161,535 or 2.03 percent of dollars spent. The fuel division resulted in a net margin of $86,122 with $46,581 in distributable member earnings or 1.47 percent of dollars spent. All distributions will be paid prior to July 31, 2018 in 50 percent cash and 50 percent in book credits. Management is excited about the financial position of your co-op at year end. The board approved an equity retirement of crop year 2004 in the amount of $839,005 to be paid no later than July 31, 2018. 9