Industry Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2013

Industry Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information, By Segment


	Three months ended				Six months ended
	February 28,		February 29,		February 28,		February 29,
($ in thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Operating revenues:
Irrigation	$	162,677	$	116,988	$	296,894	$	217,764
Infrastructure		12,862		15,146		26,015		33,575
Total operating revenues	$	175,539	$	132,134	$	322,909	$	251,339

Operating income (loss):
Irrigation	$	35,267	$	23,019	$	62,735	$	32,804
Infrastructure		(2,066)		(955)		(3,384)		(2,132)
Segment operating income		33,201		22,064		59,351		30,672
Unallocated general and administrative expenses		(3,755)		(3,116)		(7,641)		(6,641)
Interest and other income (expense), net		42		479		161		(163)
Earnings before income taxes	$	29,488	$	19,427	$	51,871	$	23,868

Capital Expenditures:
Irrigation	$	2,965	$	1,795	$	5,051	$	3,831
Infrastructure		162		296		291		892
	$	3,127	$	2,091	$	5,342	$	4,723
Depreciation and Amortization:
Irrigation	$	1,692	$	1,675	$	3,396	$	3,345
Infrastructure		1,418		1,435		2,844		2,890
	$	3,110	$	3,110	$	6,240	$	6,235
Environmental Remediation Expenses
Irrigation	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	6,141
Infrastructure		-		-		-		1,084
	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	7,225

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated


	February 28,		February 29,		August 31,
($ in thousands)	2013		2012		2012
Total Assets:
Irrigation	$	371,755	$	278,569	$	303,741
Infrastructure		110,727		115,031		111,790
	$	482,482	$	393,600	$	415,531

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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