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Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current

	May 31, 2016				August 31, 2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Grain and oilseed	$	1,283,697			$	966,923
Energy	714,610				785,116
Crop nutrients	194,023				369,105
Feed and farm supplies	557,813				465,744
Processed grain and oilseed	99,655				48,078
Other	24,211				17,378
Total inventories	$	2,874,009			$	2,652,344

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-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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