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Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2013
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures | Additional information concerning supplemental disclosures of cash flow activities for the years ended August 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net cash paid during the period for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest | $ | 256,538 |  |  | $ | 155,888 |  |  | $ | 73,557 |
Income taxes | 23,228 |  |  | 27,671 |  |  | 1,046 |
Other significant noncash investing and financing transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital equity certificates issued in exchange for Ag acquisitions | 18,211 |  |  | 29,155 |  |  | 6,453 |
Accrual of dividends and equities payable | 390,153 |  |  | 578,809 |  |  | 400,216 |

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