Asset Impairment, Exit, and Restructuring Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Restructuring, Settlement and Impairment Provisions [Abstract]

Asset Impairment, Exit, and Restructuring Costs

Asset Impairment, Exit, and Restructuring Costs

Asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs in the three months ended September 30, 2020 consisted of individually insignificant long-lived asset impairments of $3 million and restructuring charges of $1 million. Asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 consisted primarily of $50 million of impairments related to certain intangible and other long-lived assets and $11 million of restructuring charges.

Asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 consisted of $6 million and $50 million, respectively, of impairments related to certain long-lived assets presented as specified items within segment operating profit and $47 million and $150 million, respectively, of restructuring and pension settlement and remeasurement charges in Corporate primarily related to early retirement and reorganization initiatives.

The Company recorded a $35 million impairment related to a Company facility in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, based on the fair value of the asset determined using a third-party market participant’s offer to purchase the facility.

In April 2020, the Company temporarily idled ethanol production at its corn dry mill facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Columbus, Nebraska. During the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the Company performed an impairment assessment on its corn processing business, which includes all assets where ethanol is produced, and determined that no impairment was required based on the Company’s forecast of undiscounted cash flows. The Company currently expects that the idled facilities will be restarted as demand for ethanol improves within the next 12 months.