Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2012




	November 30, 2012		August 31, 2012		November 30, 2011

Notes payable	$	274,960	$	269,783	$	124,498
CHS Capital notes payable	601,886		533,839		521,017
	$	876,846	$	803,622	$	645,515

On November 30, 2012, we had two primary committed lines of credit. We had a three-year revolving facility and a five-year revolving facility, each with committed amounts of $1.25 billion, for a total of $2.5 billion. We had no amounts outstanding as of November 30, 2012, August 31, 2012 and November 30, 2011.

Interest, net for the three months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended November 30.
	2012			2011
Interest expense	$	24,436		$	23,307
Interest-purchase of NCRA noncontrolling interests	46,696
Capitalized interest	(2,902		)	(1,806		)
Interest income	(1,020		)	(694		)
Interest, net	$	67,210		$	20,807