Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Property and Equipment

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Property and Equipment
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Property and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property and Equipment

Note 6 – Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are as follows:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2012

 

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

4,588,456

 

 

$

4,217,604

 

Plantation development costs

 

 

7,888,809

 

 

 

6,945,617

 

Plantation equipment

 

 

1,370,301

 

 

 

1,199,503

 

Office equipment

 

 

114,414

 

 

 

110,031

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost

 

 

13,961,980

 

 

 

12,472,755

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

(665,569

)

 

 

(567,573

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

$

13,296,411

 

 

$

11,905,182

 

 

Commencing in June 2008, Asideros I purchased certain equipment for purposes of rapidly clearing the land, preparing the land for planting, and actually planting the Jatropha trees.  The Company has capitalized farming equipment and costs related to the development of land for farm use in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for accounting by agricultural producers and agricultural cooperatives.  Plantation equipment is depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of 5 to 15 years.  Depreciation expense has been capitalized as part of plantation development costs through the date that the plantation becomes commercially productive.  The initial plantations were deemed to be commercially productive on October 1, 2009, at which date the Company commenced the depreciation of plantation development costs over estimated useful lives of 10 to 35 years, depending on the nature of the development.  Developments and other improvements with indefinite lives are capitalized and not depreciated.  Other developments that have a limited life and intermediate-life plants that have growth and production cycles of more than one year are being depreciated over their useful lives once they are placed in service.  The land, plantation development costs, and plantation equipment are located in Mexico and in Belize.