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Equities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component, net of tax, are as follows for the six months ended February 28, 2017, and February 29, 2016:
| Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits |  | Unrealized Net Gain on Available for Sale Investments |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment |  | Total
| (Dollars in thousands)
Balance as of August 31, 2016 | $ | (165,146 | ) |  | $ | 5,656 |  |  | $ | (9,196 | ) |  | $ | (43,040 | ) |  | $ | (211,726 | )
Current period other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | (309 | ) |  | 1,744 |  |  | 1,077 |  |  | (10,056 | ) |  | (7,544 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 7,272 |  |  | — |  |  | 541 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 7,828 |
Net other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 6,963 |  |  | 1,744 |  |  | 1,618 |  |  | (10,041 | ) |  | 284 |
Balance as of February 28, 2017 | $ | (158,183 | ) |  | $ | 7,400 |  |  | $ | (7,578 | ) |  | $ | (53,081 | ) |  | $ | (211,442 | )
| Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits |  | Unrealized Net Gain on Available for Sale Investments |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment |  | Total
| (Dollars in thousands)
Balance as of August 31, 2015 | $ | (171,729 | ) |  | $ | 4,156 |  |  | $ | (5,324 | ) |  | $ | (41,310 | ) |  | $ | (214,207 | )
Current period other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 12,877 |  |  | (739 | ) |  | (6,233 | ) |  | (13,670 | ) |  | (7,765 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | (6,448 | ) |  | — |  |  | (287 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6,735 | )
Net other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 6,429 |  |  | (739 | ) |  | (6,520 | ) |  | (13,670 | ) |  | (14,500 | )
Balance as of February 29, 2016 | $ | (165,300 | ) |  | $ | 3,417 |  |  | $ | (11,844 | ) |  | $ | (54,980 | ) |  | $ | (228,707 | )
Schedule of Stockholders Equity | Changes in equities for the six months ended February 28, 2017, are as follows:
| Equity Certificates |  |  |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |  |  |  |  |  |
| Capital Equity Certificates |  | Nonpatronage Equity Certificates |  | Nonqualified Equity Certificates |  | Preferred Stock |  |  | Capital Reserves |  | Noncontrolling Interests |  | Total Equities
| (Dollars in thousands)
Balance, August 31, 2016 | $ | 3,932,513 |  |  | $ | 22,894 |  |  | $ | 281,767 |  |  | $ | 2,244,132 |  |  | $ | (211,726 | ) |  | $ | 1,582,380 |  |  | $ | 14,290 |  |  | $ | 7,866,250 |
Reversal of prior year redemption estimate | (153,711 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 278,968 |  |  | — |  |  | 125,257 |
Distribution of 2016 patronage refunds | 153,589 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (257,468 | ) |  | — |  |  | (103,879 | )
Redemptions of equities | (12,792 | ) |  | (82 | ) |  | (796 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (13,670 | )
Equities issued, net | 3,123 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,123 |
Preferred stock dividends | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (55,767 | ) |  | — |  |  | (55,767 | )
Other, net | (105 | ) |  | (64 | ) |  | (26 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | 3,936 |  |  | (1,153 | ) |  | 2,570 |
Net income | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 223,717 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 223,915 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 284 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 284 |
Estimated 2017 cash patronage refunds | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (61,982 | ) |  | — |  |  | (61,982 | )
Estimated 2017 equity redemptions | (24,507 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (24,507 | )
Balance, February 28, 2017 | $ | 3,898,110 |  |  | $ | 22,748 |  |  | $ | 280,945 |  |  | $ | 2,244,114 |  |  | $ | (211,442 | ) |  | $ | 1,713,784 |  |  | $ | 13,335 |  |  | $ | 7,961,594 |

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