Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	February 28, 2017		August 31, 2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable	$	2,983,033	$	1,803,174
CHS Capital notes payable	884,405		928,305
Total notes payable	$	3,867,438	$	2,731,479

Schedule of Interest,Net

Interest expense for the three months ended February 28, 2017, and February 29, 2016, was $39.9 million and $25.0 million respectively, net of capitalized interest of $1.5 million and $7.2 million, respectively. Interest expense for the six months ended February 28, 2017, and February 29, 2016, was $78.2 million and $34.1 million respectively, net of capitalized interest of $3.1 million and $20.8 million, respectively.