Long-Term Debt	3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2012
Long-Term Debt
Long-Term Debt	Note 6: Long-Term Debt The Company has a long-term debt line of credit through July 30, 2015 with CoBank, ACB of $60.8 million along with an additional $50.0 million, as mentioned in Note 5 above, which can be utilized for either short-term or long-term borrowing purposes. As of November 30, 2012, there was no outstanding balance with CoBank, ACB but the Company had $64.1 million in long-term letters of credit outstanding. The unused long-term line of credit as of November 30, 2012 was $46.7 million which can also be utilized for short-term borrowing purposes. In addition, the Company had long-term debt outstanding as of November 30, 2012 of $50 million from a private placement of Senior Notes that occurred in September 1998 and $78.6 million from four separate issuances of Pollution Control and Industrial Development Revenue Bonds. As of November 30, 2011, there was no outstanding balance with CoBank, ACB. The Company had $70.1 million in long-term letters of credit outstanding and $15.1 million of the $50.0 million additional line of credit was utilized for short-term borrowing purposes as of November 30, 2011. The unused long-term line of credit as of November 30, 2011, was $25.6 million which can also be utilized for short-term borrowing purposes. In addition, the Company had long-term debt outstanding, as of November 30, 2011, of $50 million from a private placement of Senior Notes that occurred in September of 1998 and $84.4 million from five separate issuances of Pollution Control and Industrial Development Revenue Bonds.

Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2012

Note 6: Long-Term Debt

The Company has a long-term debt line of credit through July 30, 2015 with CoBank, ACB of $60.8 million along with an additional $50.0 million, as mentioned in Note 5 above, which can be utilized for either short-term or long-term borrowing purposes. As of November 30, 2012, there was no outstanding balance with CoBank, ACB but the Company had $64.1 million in long-term letters of credit outstanding. The unused long-term line of credit as of November 30, 2012 was $46.7 million which can also be utilized for short-term borrowing purposes. In addition, the Company had long-term debt outstanding as of November 30, 2012 of $50 million from a private placement of Senior Notes that occurred in September 1998 and $78.6 million from four separate issuances of Pollution Control and Industrial Development Revenue Bonds.

As of November 30, 2011, there was no outstanding balance with CoBank, ACB. The Company had $70.1 million in long-term letters of credit outstanding and $15.1 million of the $50.0 million additional line of credit was utilized for short-term borrowing purposes as of November 30, 2011. The unused long-term line of credit as of November 30, 2011, was $25.6 million which can also be utilized for short-term borrowing purposes. In addition, the Company had long-term debt outstanding, as of November 30, 2011, of $50 million from a private placement of Senior Notes that occurred in September of 1998 and $84.4 million from five separate issuances of Pollution Control and Industrial Development Revenue Bonds.