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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions We purchase and sell grain and other agricultural commodity products from certain equity investees, primarily CF Nitrogen, Ventura Foods, Ardent Mills and TEMCO, LLC. Sales to and purchases from related parties for the years ended August 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, are as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| (Dollars in thousands)
Sales | $ | 2,628,670 |  |  | $ | 2,928,984 |  |  | $ | 3,183,944 |
Purchases | 901,812 |  |  | 2,505,185 |  |  | 2,610,887 |
Receivables due from and payables due to related parties as of August 31, 2019 and 2018, are as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018
| (Dollars in thousands)
Due from related parties | $ | 26,785 |  |  | $ | 31,063 |
Due to related parties | 60,156 |  |  | 52,284 |
As a cooperative, we are owned by farmers and ranchers and their member cooperatives, which are referred to as members. We buy commodities from and provide products and services to our members. Individually, our members do not have a significant ownership in CHS.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include 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 Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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