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Equities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component, net of tax, for the years ended August 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
| Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits |  | Unrealized Net Gain on Available for Sale Investments |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment |  | Total
| (Dollars in thousands)
Balance as of August 31, 2012 | $ | (228,727 | ) |  | $ | 1,391 |  |  | $ | (3,806 | ) |  | $ | (1,445 | ) |  | $ | (232,587 | )
Current period other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 46,471 |  |  | 979 |  |  | 15,491 |  |  | (3,866 | ) |  | 59,075 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 16,645 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 16,645 |
Net other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 63,116 |  |  | 979 |  |  | 15,491 |  |  | (3,866 | ) |  | 75,720 |
Balance as of August 31, 2013 | $ | (165,611 | ) |  | $ | 2,370 |  |  | $ | 11,685 |  |  | $ | (5,311 | ) |  | $ | (156,867 | )
Current period other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | (90 | ) |  | 2,028 |  |  | (6,011 | ) |  | (1,957 | ) |  | (6,030 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 13,849 |  |  | — |  |  | (8,396 | ) |  | 687 |  |  | 6,140 |
Net other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 13,759 |  |  | 2,028 |  |  | (14,407 | ) |  | (1,270 | ) |  | 110 |
Balance as of August 31, 2014 | $ | (151,852 | ) |  | $ | 4,398 |  |  | $ | (2,722 | ) |  | $ | (6,581 | ) |  | $ | (156,757 | )
Consolidation, less than wholly owned subsidiary, parent ownership interest, effects of changes, net | The following table presents the effects of changes in our NCRA ownership interest on CHS Inc. equities for the years ended August 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net income attributable to CHS Inc. | $ | 1,081,435 |  |  | $ | 992,386 |  |  | $ | 1,260,628 |
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 | $ | 1,081,435 |  |  | $ | 992,386 |  |  | $ | 1,178,490 |

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