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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions Related party transactions with equity investees, primarily CF Nitrogen, TEMCO, Ardent Mills and Ventura Foods for the years ended August 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively, and balances as of August 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively, are as follows:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (Dollars in thousands)
Sales | $ | 3,183,944 |  |  | $ | 2,728,793 |  |  | $ | 2,310,875 |
Purchases | 2,610,887 |  |  | 1,707,990 |  |  | 1,762,663 |
| 2017 |  | 2016
| (Dollars in thousands)
Due from related parties | $ | 33,119 |  |  | $ | 25,386 |
Due to related parties | 39,232 |  |  | 40,543 |
As a cooperative, we are owned by farmers and ranchers and their member cooperatives, which are referred to as members. We buy commodities from and provide products and services to our members. Individually, our members do not have a significant ownership in the Company.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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