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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of 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 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, 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 No definition available. + Details
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