Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	May 31, 2018		August 31, 2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable	$	2,650,859	$	1,695,423
CHS Capital notes payable	168,227		292,792
Total notes payable	$	2,819,086	$	1,988,215

Schedule of Interest,Net

Interest expense for the three months ended May 31, 2018, and 2017, was $49.3 million and $39.2 million, respectively, net of capitalized interest of $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively. Interest expense for the nine months ended May 31, 2018, and 2017, was $130.2 million and $117.4 million, respectively, net of capitalized interest of $4.8 million and $4.7 million, respectively.