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Industry Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2013
Industry Segment Information [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information, By Segment |
|  | Three months ended |  | Nine months ended
|  | May 31, |  | May 31, |  | May 31, |  | May 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Operating revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Irrigation |  | $ | 200,950 |  | $ | 149,624 |  | $ | 497,844 |  | $ | 367,388
Infrastructure |  |  | 18,592 |  |  | 22,475 |  |  | 44,607 |  |  | 56,050
Total operating revenues |  | $ | 219,542 |  | $ | 172,099 |  | $ | 542,451 |  | $ | 423,438
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Irrigation |  | $ | 44,052 |  | $ | 31,242 |  | $ | 106,787 |  | $ | 64,046
Infrastructure |  |  | 197 |  |  | 1,433 |  |  | (3,187) |  |  | (699)
Segment operating income |  |  | 44,249 |  |  | 32,675 |  |  | 103,600 |  |  | 63,347
Unallocated general and administrative expenses |  |  | (4,699) |  |  | (3,888) |  |  | (12,340) |  |  | (10,529)
Interest and other income (expense), net |  |  | 200 |  |  | (200) |  |  | 361 |  |  | (363)
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 39,750 |  | $ | 28,587 |  | $ | 91,621 |  | $ | 52,455
Capital Expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Irrigation |  | $ | 2,733 |  | $ | 2,662 |  | $ | 7,784 |  | $ | 6,493
Infrastructure |  |  | 74 |  |  | 188 |  |  | 365 |  |  | 1,080
|  | $ | 2,807 |  | $ | 2,850 |  | $ | 8,149 |  | $ | 7,573
Depreciation and Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Irrigation |  | $ | 1,725 |  | $ | 1,710 |  | $ | 5,121 |  | $ | 5,055
Infrastructure |  |  | 1,415 |  |  | 1,439 |  |  | 4,259 |  |  | 4,329
|  | $ | 3,140 |  | $ | 3,149 |  | $ | 9,380 |  | $ | 9,384
Environmental Remediation Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Irrigation |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 6,141
Infrastructure |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1,084
|  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 7,225
Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated |
|  | May 31, |  | May 31, |  | August 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2012
Total Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Irrigation |  | $ | 398,751 |  | $ | 304,515 |  | $ | 303,741
Infrastructure |  |  | 119,370 |  |  | 112,433 |  |  | 111,790
|  | $ | 518,121 |  | $ | 416,948 |  | $ | 415,531

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