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Acquisitions - Solbar Industries Ltd. Acquisition (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012	Feb. 09, 2012 Ag Business Solbar Industries Ltd. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 281,490,000	$ 12,711,000	$ 166,033,000	$ 128,700,000
Cash acquired in acquisition				6,600,000
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 74,500,000

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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