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FAIR VALUE (Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) | Aug. 31, 2024 | Aug. 31, 2023
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Commodity | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Low |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Energy Floating Rate | $ 324 | $ 480
Commodity | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | High |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Energy Floating Rate | 510 | 855
Commodity | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Average |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Energy Floating Rate | 405 | 630
Fair value, measurements, recurring |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Money market investments | 718,110,000 | 508,227,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Money market investments | 718,110,000 | 508,227,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Money market investments | 0 | 0
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Money market investments | 0 | 0
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Commodity |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 40,225,000 | 195,689,000
Derivative liabilities | 3,602,000 | 4,068,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Commodity | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 2,196,000 | 1,264,000
Derivative liabilities | 3,602,000 | 4,068,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Commodity | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities | 0 | 0
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Commodity | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 38,029,000 | 194,425,000
Derivative liabilities | 0 | 0
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Foreign exchange |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 419,000 | 1,898,000
Derivative liabilities | 1,885,000 | 2,566,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Foreign exchange | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities | 0 | 0
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Foreign exchange | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 419,000 | 1,898,000
Derivative liabilities | 1,885,000 | 2,566,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring | Foreign exchange | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivative assets | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities | $ 0 | $ 0

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