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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2019
Aug. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]    
Schedule of Deferred Purchase Price [Table Text Block]
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During the period from July 2017 through an amendment of the Securitization Facility in June 2018, CHS accounted for Receivables sold under the Securitization Facility as a sale of financial assets pursuant to ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing, and the Receivables sold were derecognized from our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the Deferred Purchase Price ("DPP") receivable, including the long-term portion included in other assets, for the year ended August 31, 2018.
 
2018
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance - beginning of year
$
548,602

Cash collections on DPP receivable
(10,961
)
Transfer of receivables
(386,900
)
Monthly settlements, net
(169,827
)
Fair value adjustment
19,086

Balance - end of year
$

Schedule of notes payable
Notes payable as of August 31, 2019 and 2018, consisted of the following:
 
 
Weighted-average Interest Rate
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable
 
3.36%
 
3.50%
 
$
1,330,550

 
$
1,437,264

CHS Capital notes payable
 
2.90%
 
2.82%
 
825,558

 
834,932

Total notes payable
 
$
2,156,108

 
$
2,272,196

 
Summary of primary lines of credit
The following table summarizes our primary lines of credit as of August 31, 2019 and 2018:
Primary Revolving Credit Facilities
 
Fiscal Year
of Maturity
 
Total Capacity
 
Borrowings Outstanding
 
Interest Rates
 
 
 
 
2019
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
 
Committed five-year unsecured facility
 
2024
 
$
2,750,000

 
$
335,000

 
$

 
LIBOR or base rate +0.00% to 1.45%
Uncommitted bilateral facilities
 
2020
 
630,000

 
430,000

 
515,000

 
LIBOR or base rate +0.00% to 1.20%
 
Schedule of amounts included in long-term debt
Amounts included in long-term debt on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2019 and 2018, are presented in the table below.
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
4.00% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in equal installments beginning in fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2021
 
$
40,000

 
$
60,000

4.08% unsecured notes $130 million face amount, due in fiscal 2019 (a)
 

 
129,229

4.52% unsecured notes $160 million face amount, due in fiscal 2021 (a)
 
161,978

 
157,528

4.67% unsecured notes $130 million face amount, due in fiscal 2023 (a)
 
136,086

 
128,577

4.39% unsecured notes $152 million face amount, due in fiscal 2023
 
152,000

 
152,000

3.85% unsecured notes $80 million face amount, due in fiscal 2025
 
80,000

 
80,000

3.80% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in fiscal 2025
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.58% unsecured notes $150 million face amount, due in fiscal 2025
 
151,776

 
145,213

4.82% unsecured notes $80 million face amount, due in fiscal 2026
 
80,000

 
80,000

4.69% unsecured notes $58 million face amount, due in fiscal 2027
 
58,000

 
58,000

4.74% unsecured notes $95 million face amount, due in fiscal 2028
 
95,000

 
95,000

4.89% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in fiscal 2031
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.71% unsecured notes $100 million face amount, due in fiscal 2033
 
100,000

 
100,000

5.40% unsecured notes $125 million face amount, due in fiscal 2036
 
125,000

 
125,000

Private Placement debt
 
1,379,840

 
1,510,547

2.25% unsecured term loans from cooperative and other banks, due in fiscal 2025 (b)
 
366,000

 
366,000

Bank financing
 
366,000

 
366,000

Capital lease obligations
 
28,239

 
25,280

Other notes and contracts with interest rates from 1.30% to 15.25%
 
18,601

 
32,607

Deferred financing costs
 
(3,569
)
 
(4,179
)
Total long-term debt
 
1,789,111

 
1,930,255

Less current portion
 
39,210

 
167,565

Long-term portion
 
$
1,749,901

 
$
1,762,690

(a) We have entered into 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 13, Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities, for more information.
(b) Borrowings are variable under the agreement and bear interest at a base rate (or LIBOR) plus an applicable margin.
 
Schedule of minimum future payments
Long-term debt outstanding as of August 31, 2019, has aggregate maturities, excluding fair value adjustments and capital leases (see Note 6, Property, Plant and Equipment, for a schedule of minimum future lease payments under capital leases), as follows:
 
(Dollars in thousands)
2020
$
32,812

2021
180,663

2022
66

2023
282,066

2024
2,620

Thereafter
1,256,525

Total 
$
1,754,752