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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2012
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Text Block] | Investments as of August 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (Dollars in thousands)
Joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |
Ventura Foods, LLC | $ | 292,393 |  |  | $ | 278,865 |
Horizon Milling, LLC | 78,372 |  |  | 79,770 |
TEMCO, LLC | 60,734 |  |  | 47,337 |
Horizon Milling G.P. | 16,727 |  |  | 20,445 |
Cooperatives: |  |  |  |  |
Land O’Lakes, Inc. | 58,382 |  |  | 53,147 |
Ag Processing Inc. | 19,577 |  |  | 17,876 |
Other | 147,203 |  |  | 98,539 |
| $ | 673,388 |  |  | $ | 595,979 |
Ventura Foods, LLC |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments | The following provides summarized unaudited financial information for Ventura Foods balance sheets as of August 31, 2012 and 2011, and statements of operations for the twelve months ended August 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (Dollars in thousands)
Current assets | $ | 574,925 |  |  | $ | 585,760 |
Non-current assets | 459,070 |  |  | 464,621 |
Current liabilities | 197,251 |  |  | 227,199 |
Non-current liabilities | 277,760 |  |  | 292,368 |
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net sales | $ | 2,550,018 |  |  | $ | 2,350,895 |  |  | $ | 1,954,289 |
Gross profit | 244,969 |  |  | 255,748 |  |  | 259,388 |
Net earnings | 94,586 |  |  | 105,754 |  |  | 95,480 |
Earnings attributable to CHS Inc. | 47,293 |  |  | 52,877 |  |  | 47,740 |
Major equity investments excluding Ventura Foods [Member] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments | The following provides combined financial information for the Company’s major equity investments, excluding Ventura Foods, for balance sheets as of August 31, 2012 and 2011, and statements of operations for the twelve months ended August 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (Dollars in thousands)
Current assets | $ | 631,335 |  |  | $ | 595,862 |
Non-current assets | 158,675 |  |  | 130,464 |
Current liabilities | 352,016 |  |  | 316,066 |
Non-current liabilities | 5,642 |  |  | 4,922 |
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net sales | $ | 5,402,241 |  |  | $ | 8,399,779 |  |  | $ | 7,212,848 |
Gross profit | 225,680 |  |  | 406,338 |  |  | 356,708 |
Net earnings | 121,107 |  |  | 232,473 |  |  | 150,798 |
Earnings attributable to CHS Inc. | 36,032 |  |  | 89,575 |  |  | 50,731 |

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