FAIR VALUE (Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2024	Aug. 31, 2023
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