Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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

As of August 31, 2019 and 2018, major classes of property, plant and equipment, which include capital lease assets, consisted of the amounts in the table below.

	2019		2018
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	319,452	$	341,767
Buildings	1,079,073		1,034,860
Machinery and equipment	7,392,767		7,199,509
Office equipment and other	346,649		316,946
Construction in progress	329,297		204,207
Gross property, plant and equipment	9,467,238		9,097,289
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,378,530		3,955,570
Total property, plant and equipment	$	5,088,708	$	5,141,719

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, 2019:

	(Dollars in thousands)
2020	$	6,761
2021	6,199
2022	5,021
2023	4,548
2024	2,638
Thereafter	6,517
Total minimum future lease payments	31,684
Less amount representing interest	3,445
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	28,239