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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 14 Months Ended |
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Feb. 28, 2015 | Feb. 28, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2015 | Feb. 28, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2015 | Aug. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | $ 4,404,578,000 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet |  | $ 4,404,578,000 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet |  | $ 4,404,578,000 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet | $ 4,031,023,000 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation | 72,700,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 60,700,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 143,200,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 120,100,000 us-gaap_Depreciation |  |
Construction in Progress [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Additions |  |  | 358,700,000 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember |  |  |
Spiritwood [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total construction cost, estimate |  |  | 3,000,000,000 chscp_Totalconstructioncostestimate / us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsOfUnprovedPropertiesExcludedFromAmortizationByPropertyOrProjectAxis = chscp_SpiritwoodMember |  |  |
Spiritwood [Member] | Asset under Construction [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment |  |  |  |  | $ 68,400,000 chscp_PlantPropertyandEquipmentCostsCapitalized / us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsOfUnprovedPropertiesExcludedFromAmortizationByPropertyOrProjectAxis = chscp_SpiritwoodMember / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_AssetUnderConstructionMember |

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