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Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2018
Investments [Abstract] |
Investment Holdings, Schedule of Investments [Table Text Block] |
| May 31, 2018 |  | August 31, 2017
| (Dollars in thousands)
Equity method investments: |  |  |
CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC | $ | 2,786,806 |  |  | $ | 2,756,076 |
Ventura Foods, LLC | 354,588 |  |  | 347,016 |
Ardent Mills, LLC | 205,805 |  |  | 206,529 |
TEMCO, LLC | 37,769 |  |  | 41,323 |
Other equity method investments | 271,229 |  |  | 268,444 |
Cost method investments | 130,966 |  |  | 131,605 |
Total investments | $ | 3,787,163 |  |  | $ | 3,750,993 |
Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] | The following table provides aggregate summarized unaudited financial information for our equity method investments in CF Nitrogen, Ventura Foods and Ardent Mills for the nine months ended May 31, 2018, and 2017:
| For the Nine Months Ended May 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
| (Dollars in thousands)
Net sales | $ | 6,238,495 |  |  | $ | 5,807,777 |
Gross profit | 719,555 |  |  | 651,705 |
Net earnings | 435,192 |  |  | 317,674 |
Earnings attributable to CHS Inc. | 109,266 |  |  | 104,568 |

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