Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:



	December 31,
(In thousands)	2011			2010
Land	$	41,107		$	40,117
Buildings and improvements	170,052			153,503
Machinery, equipment and other	380,785			348,987
Containers	8,992			12,398
Cultivations	59,175			51,329
	660,111			606,334
Accumulated depreciation	(337,036		)	(312,341		)
	323,075			293,993
Construction in progress	46,612			55,657
	$	369,687		$	349,650

- 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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