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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Purchase and Sales Contracts | As of August 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had the following outstanding purchase and sales contracts:
| 2012 |  | 2011
| Purchase Contracts |  | Sales Contracts |  | Purchase Contracts |  | Sales Contracts
| (Units in thousands)
Grain and oilseed - bushels | 722,895 |  | 1,074,535 |  | 667,409 |  | 796,332
Energy products - barrels | 9,047 |  | 19,561 |  | 9,915 |  | 14,020
Soy products - tons | 15 |  | 215 |  | 18 |  | 269
Crop nutrients - tons | 600 |  | 725 |  | 1,177 |  | 1,420
Ocean and barge freight - metric tons | 1,018 |  | 183 |  | 983 |  | 93
Schedule of Derivative Assets and Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | As of August 31, 2012 and 2011, the gross fair values of the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities not designated as hedging instruments were as follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (Dollars in thousands)
Derivative Assets: |  |  |  |  |
Commodity and freight derivatives | $ | 1,070,800 |  |  | $ | 882,445 |
Foreign exchange derivatives | 978 |  |  | 1,508 |
| $ | 1,071,778 |  |  | $ | 883,953 |
Derivative Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Commodity and freight derivatives | $ | 727,946 |  |  | $ | 730,170 |
Foreign exchange derivatives | 2,388 |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives | 544 |  |  | 750 |
| $ | 730,878 |  |  | $ | 730,920 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Consolidated Statements of Operations | The following table sets forth the pretax gains (losses) on derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments that have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations during fiscal 2012 and 2011.
| Location of Gain (Loss) |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  | (Dollars in thousands)
Commodity and freight derivatives | Cost of goods sold |  | $ | 311,167 |  |  | $ | 186,265 |
Foreign exchange derivatives | Cost of goods sold |  | (5,219 | ) |  | 3,363 |
Interest rate derivatives | Interest, net |  | 206 |  |  | 522 |
|  |  | $ | 306,154 |  |  | $ | 190,150 |

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