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Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2012
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information | Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information Additional information concerning supplemental disclosures of cash flow activities for the years ended August 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net cash paid during the period for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest | $ | 155,888 |  |  | $ | 73,557 |  |  | $ | 65,400 |
Income taxes | 27,671 |  |  | 1,046 |  |  | 15,899 |
Other significant noncash investing and financing transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital equity certificates exchanged for Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36,674 |
Capital equity certificates cancelled for fiscal 2009 patronage losses in wholesale crop nutrients |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60,154 |
Capital equity certificates issued in exchange for Ag acquisitions | 29,155 |  |  | 6,453 |  |  | 616 |
Accrual of dividends and equities payable | (578,809 | ) |  | (400,216 | ) |  | (210,435 | )

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4332-108586 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4313-108586 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 95 -Paragraph 32 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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