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Inventories (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current

	November 30, 2014				August 31, 2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Grain and oilseed	$	1,749,134			$	961,327
Energy	891,913				875,719
Crop nutrients	377,039				374,023
Feed and farm supplies	545,191				448,454
Processed grain and oilseed	81,890				84,498
Other	14,806				16,232
Total inventories	$	3,659,973			$	2,760,253

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766



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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 2

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph a,b,c

-Article 5

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