Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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

Major classes of property, plant and equipment, including finance lease assets, are summarized in the table below as of August 31, 2022 and 2021.

	2022		2021
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	334,085	$	324,757
Buildings	1,192,571		1,171,423
Machinery and equipment	7,819,152		7,673,748
Office equipment and other	496,121		378,352
Construction in progress	339,043		337,977
Gross property, plant and equipment	10,180,972		9,886,257
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	5,436,013		5,076,252
Total property, plant and equipment	$	4,744,959	$	4,810,005