Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	February 28, 2018		August 31, 2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable	$	2,844,803	$	1,695,423
CHS Capital notes payable	148,653		292,792
Total notes payable	$	2,993,456	$	1,988,215

Schedule of Interest,Net

Interest expense for the three months ended February 28, 2018, and 2017, was $40.2 million and $39.9 million, respectively, net of capitalized interest of $1.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Interest expense for the six months ended February 28, 2018, and 2017, was $80.9 million and $78.2 million respectively, net of capitalized interest of $3.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively.