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Equities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2012
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block] | Changes in equities for the three months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:
| Fiscal 2013 |  | Fiscal 2012
| (Dollars in thousands)
CHS Inc. balances, September 1, 2012 and 2011 | $ | 4,455,341 |  |  | $ | 3,915,592 |
Net income attributable to CHS Inc. | 343,707 |  |  | 416,208 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 245 |  |  | (4,773 | )
Equities retired | (2,378 | ) |  | (2,447 | )
Equity retirements accrued | 2,378 |  |  | 2,447 |
Equities issued in business combinations | 14,240 |  |  | 11,509 |
Preferred stock dividends | (6,136 | ) |  | (6,136 | )
Preferred stock dividends accrued | 4,091 |  |  | 4,091 |
Accrued dividends and equities payable | (147,091 | ) |  | (168,291 | )
Purchase of noncontrolling interests |  |  | (96,720 | )
Other, net | (660 | ) |  | (335 | )
CHS Inc. balances, November 30, 2012 and 2011 | $ | 4,663,737 |  |  | $ | 4,071,145 |
Noncontrolling interests balances, September 1, 2012 and 2011 | $ | 17,982 |  |  | $ | 349,728 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 2,174 |  |  | 72,674 |
Distributions to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (5,779 | )
Distributions accrued |  |  | 5,544 |
Accrued dividends and equities payable |  |  | (71,740 | )
Purchase of noncontrolling interests |  |  | (337,145 | )
Other | 1,146 |  |  | (179 | )
Noncontrolling interests balances, November 30, 2012 and 2011 | $ | 21,302 |  |  | $ | 13,103 |
Effect of changes in NCRA ownership on CHS equities | The following table presents the effects of changes in our NCRA ownership interest on CHS equities for the three months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011:
| For the Three Months Ended November 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net income attributable to CHS Inc. | $ | 343,707 |  |  | $ | 416,208 |
Transfers to noncontrolling interests: |  |  |
Decrease in CHS Inc. capital reserves for purchase of noncontrolling interests |  |  | (82,138 | )
Changes from net income attributable to CHS Inc. and transfers to noncontrolling interests | $ | 343,707 |  |  | $ | 334,070 |

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