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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt | Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt
| November 30, 2012 |  | August 31, 2012 |  | November 30, 2011
Notes payable | $ | 274,960 |  |  | $ | 269,783 |  |  | $ | 124,498 |
CHS Capital notes payable | 601,886 |  |  | 533,839 |  |  | 521,017 |
| $ | 876,846 |  |  | $ | 803,622 |  |  | $ | 645,515 |
On November 30, 2012, we had two primary committed lines of credit. We had a three-year revolving facility and a five-year revolving facility, each with committed amounts of $1.25 billion, for a total of $2.5 billion. We had no amounts outstanding as of November 30, 2012, August 31, 2012 and November 30, 2011. Interest, net for the three months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended November 30.
| 2012 |  | 2011
Interest expense | $ | 24,436 |  |  | $ | 23,307 |
Interest-purchase of NCRA noncontrolling interests | 46,696 |  |  |
Capitalized interest | (2,902 | ) |  | (1,806 | )
Interest income | (1,020 | ) |  | (694 | )
Interest, net | $ | 67,210 |  |  | $ | 20,807 |

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