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Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information | Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information Additional information concerning supplemental disclosures of cash flow activities for the years ended August 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, is included in the table below.
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net cash paid during the period for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest | $ | 160,040 |  |  | $ | 147,089 |  |  | $ | 130,571 |
Income taxes | 14,571 |  |  | 5,184 |  |  | 54,229 |
Other significant noncash investing and financing transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes receivable sold under Securitization Facility | 747,345 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Securitized debt extinguished under Securitization Facility | 554,000 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Deferred purchase price recognized under Securitization Facility | 547,553 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Land and Improvements received for notes receivable | 138,699 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Capital expenditures and major repairs incurred but not yet paid | 22,490 |  |  | 44,307 |  |  | 60,226 |
Capital lease obligations incurred | 6,832 |  |  | 23,921 |  |  | 9,741 |
Capital equity certificates redeemed with preferred stock | 19,985 |  |  | 76,756 |  |  | — |
Capital equity certificates issued in exchange for Ag acquisitions | 2,928 |  |  | 19,089 |  |  | 15,618 |
Accrual of dividends and equities payable | 12,121 |  |  | 198,031 |  |  | 384,427 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134446 + Details
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