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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block] |
Revolving Credit Facilities |  | Maturities |  | Total Capacity |  | Borrowings Outstanding |  | Interest Rates
|  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  |
|  |  |  | (Dollars in thousands) |  |
Committed Five-Year Unsecured Facility |  | 2020 |  | $ | 3,000,000 |  |  | $480,000 |  | $700,000 |  | LIBOR+0.00% to 1.45%
Uncommitted Bilateral Facilities |  | 2017 |  | 250,000 |  |  | 250,000 |  | 300,000 |  | LIBOR+0.00% to 1.05%
Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block] |
|  | Weighted-average Interest Rate |  |  |  |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  |  |  |  | (Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable |  | 2.40% |  | 1.72% |  | $ | 1,695,423 |  |  | $ | 1,803,174 |
CHS Capital notes payable |  | 1.93% |  | 1.31% |  | 292,792 |  |  | 928,305 |
Total notes payable |  | $ | 1,988,215 |  |  | $ | 2,731,479 |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments | Amounts included in long-term debt on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2017, and 2016, are presented in the table below.
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  | (Dollars in thousands)
6.18% unsecured notes $400 million face amount, due in equal installments beginning in 2014 through 2018 |  | $ | 80,000 |  |  | $ | 160,000 |
5.60% unsecured notes $60 million face amount, due in equal installments beginning in 2012 through 2018 |  | 4,615 |  |  | 13,846 |
5.78% unsecured notes $50 million face amount, due in equal installments beginning in 2014 through 2018 |  | 10,000 |  |  | 20,000 |
4.00% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in equal installments beginning in 2017 through 2021 |  | 80,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
4.08% unsecured notes $130 million face amount, due in 2019 (a) |  | 130,690 |  |  | 141,344 |
4.52% unsecured notes $160 million face amount, due in 2021 (a) |  | 163,496 |  |  | 162,633 |
4.67% unsecured notes $130 million face amount, due in 2023 (a) |  | 135,792 |  |  | 138,101 |
4.39% unsecured notes $152 million face amount, due in 2023 |  | 152,000 |  |  | 152,000 |
3.85% unsecured notes $80 million face amount, due in 2025 |  | 80,000 |  |  | 80,000 |
3.80% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in 2025 |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
4.58% unsecured notes $150 million face amount, due in 2025 |  | 149,293 |  |  | 150,000 |
4.82% unsecured notes $80 million face amount, due in 2026 |  | 80,000 |  |  | 80,000 |
4.69% unsecured notes $58 million face amount, due in 2027 |  | 58,000 |  |  | 58,000 |
4.74% unsecured notes $95 million face amount, due in 2028 |  | 95,000 |  |  | 95,000 |
4.89% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in 2031 |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
4.71% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in 2033 |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
5.40% unsecured notes $125 million face amount, due in 2036 |  | 125,000 |  |  | 125,000 |
Private Placement debt |  | 1,643,886 |  |  | 1,775,924 |
5.59% unsecured term loans from cooperative and other banks, due in equal installments beginning in 2013 through 2018 |  | 15,000 |  |  | 45,000 |
2.25% unsecured term loans from cooperative and other banks, due in 2025 (b) |  | 430,000 |  |  | 300,000 |
Bank financing |  | 445,000 |  |  | 345,000 |
Capital lease obligations |  | 33,075 |  |  | 105,708 |
Other notes and contracts with interest rates from 1.30% to 15.25% |  | 62,652 |  |  | 76,147 |
Deferred financing costs |  | (4,820 | ) |  | (5,574 | )
Total long-term debt |  | 2,179,793 |  |  | 2,297,205 |
Less current portion |  | 156,345 |  |  | 214,329 |
Long-term portion |  | $ | 2,023,448 |  |  | $ | 2,082,876 |
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(a) | We have entered interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedging relationships with these notes. Changes in the fair value of the swaps are recorded each period with a corresponding adjustment to the carrying value of the debt. See Note 12, Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities for more information.
(b) | Borrowings are variable under the agreement and bear interest at a base rate (or a LIBO rate) plus an applicable margin.
Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term Debt | Long-term debt outstanding as of August 31, 2017, has aggregate maturities, excluding fair value adjustments and capital leases (see Note 5, Property, Plant and Equipment for a schedule of minimum future lease payments under capital leases), as follows:
| (Dollars in thousands)
2018 | $ | 149,050 |
2019 | 167,412 |
2020 | 31,478 |
2021 | 182,949 |
2022 | 126 |
Thereafter | 1,611,385 |
Total | $ | 2,142,400 |
Schedule of Interest,Net | Interest expense for the years ended August 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, was $171.2 million, $113.7 million and $70.7 million, respectively, net of capitalized interest of $6.9 million, $30.3 million and $57.3 million.

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