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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
May 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

May 31, 2016

August 31, 2015

(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable
$
2,691,633


$
813,717

CHS Capital notes payable
645,219


351,661

Total notes payable
$
3,336,852


$
1,165,378
Schedule of Interest,Net
Interest
    
The following table presents the components of interest expense, net for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2016, and 2015. We have revised prior period amounts in this table to include interest expense related to capital lease obligations that were previously accounted for as operating leases. See Note 13, Correction of Immaterial Errors for more information on the nature and amounts of these revisions.
 
For the Three Months Ended
May 31,
 
For the Nine Months Ended
May 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest expense
$
43,979

 
$
25,588

 
$
98,886

 
$
68,784

Interest-purchase of CHS McPherson noncontrolling interests
—

 
4,844

 
—

 
23,772

Capitalized interest
(6,513
)
 
(17,104
)
 
(27,333
)
 
(41,715
)
Interest income
(10,774
)
 
(2,548
)
 
(22,155
)
 
(7,384
)
Interest expense, net
$
26,692

 
$
10,780

 
$
49,398

 
$
43,457