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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2015
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Carrying Amount In Goodwill By Segment |
$ in thousands |  | Irrigation |  | Infrastructure |  | Total
Balance as of August 31, 2013 |  | $ | 20,667 |  | $ | 16,747 |  |  | 37,414
Finalization of Claude Laval Corp acquisition |  |  | (403) |  |  | - |  |  | (403)
Foreign currency translation |  |  | 29 |  |  | (19) |  |  | 10
Balance as of August 31, 2014 |  |  | 20,293 |  | $ | 16,728 |  | $ | 37,021
Acquisition of Elecsys |  |  | 39,986 |  |  | - |  |  | 39,986
Acquisition of SPF |  |  | 893 |  |  | - |  |  | 893
Foreign currency translation |  |  | (267) |  |  | (832) |  |  | (1,099)
Balance as of August 31, 2015 |  | $ | 60,905 |  | $ | 15,896 |  | $ | 76,801
Schedule Of Intangible Assets Finite and Infinite Excluding Goodwill |
|  | August 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | Weighted |  | Gross |  |  |  | Weighted |  | Gross |  |
|  | Average |  | Carrying |  | Accumulated |  | Average |  | Carrying |  | Accumulated
$ in thousands |  | Years |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Years |  | Amount |  | Amortization
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and developed technology |  | 14.3 |  | $ | 33,741 |  | $ | (16,473) |  | 13.0 |  | $ | 30,282 |  | $ | (14,687)
Customer relationships |  | 12.2 |  |  | 19,958 |  |  | (6,884) |  | 7.4 |  |  | 7,932 |  |  | (5,304)
Non-compete agreements |  | 10.4 |  |  | 2,343 |  |  | (1,044) |  | 5.6 |  |  | 1,336 |  |  | (852)
Other |  | 1.9 |  |  | 1,010 |  |  | (852) |  | 1.6 |  |  | 517 |  |  | (366)
Unamortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tradenames |  | N/A |  |  | 20,121 |  |  | - |  | N/A |  |  | 13,122 |  |  | -
Total |  | 12.1 |  | $ | 77,173 |  | $ | (25,253) |  | 10.0 |  | $ | 53,189 |  | $ | (21,209)
Schedule Of Future Estimated Amortization Of Intangible Assets |
| Fiscal Years |  | $ in thousands |
| 2016 |  | $ | 4,717 |
| 2017 |  |  | 4,447 |
| 2018 |  |  | 4,204 |
| 2019 |  |  | 3,550 |
| 2020 |  |  | 3,140 |
| Thereafter |  |  | 11,741 |
|  |  | $ | 31,799 |

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