Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Major classes of property, plant and equipment, including capital lease assets

As of August 31, 2018, and 2017, major classes of property, plant and equipment, which include capital lease assets, consisted of the amounts in the table below.

	2018		2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	341,767	$	357,829
Buildings	1,034,860		1,030,478
Machinery and equipment	7,199,509		6,950,435
Office equipment and other	316,946		235,361
Construction in progress	204,207		327,682
	9,097,289		8,901,785
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,955,570		3,545,351
Total property, plant and equipment	$	5,141,719	$	5,356,434

Schedule of future minimum lease payments under capital leases with present value of net minimum lease payments

The following is a schedule by fiscal year of future minimum lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of August 31, 2018:

	(Dollars in thousands)
2019	$	4,845
2020	4,595
2021	4,197
2022	3,593
2023	3,427
Thereafter	7,936
Total minimum future lease payments	28,593
Less amount representing interest	3,313
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	25,280