Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	February 29, 2016		August 31, 2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable	$	2,202,848	$	813,717
CHS Capital notes payable	594,910		351,661
Total notes payable	$	2,797,758	$	1,165,378

Schedule of Interest,Net

Interest

The following table presents the components of interest expense, net for the three and six months endedFebruary 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015. We have revised prior period amounts in this table to include interest expense related to capital lease obligations that were previously accounted for as operating leases. See Note 13, Correction of Immaterial Errors for more information on the nature and amounts of these revisions.

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Six Months Ended
	February 29, 2016			February 28, 2015			February 29, 2016			February 28, 2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest expense	$	32,197		$	20,855		$	54,907		$	43,196
Interest-purchase of CHS McPherson noncontrolling interests	—			4,860			—			18,928
Capitalized interest	(7,161		)	(12,706		)	(20,820		)	(24,611		)
Interest income	(9,323		)	(2,238		)	(11,381		)	(4,836		)
Interest expense, net	$	15,713		$	10,771		$	22,706		$	32,677