Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information

Additional information concerning supplemental disclosures of cash flow activities for the years ended August 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:



	2012			2011			2010
	(Dollars in thousands)
Net cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	155,888		$	73,557		$	65,400
Income taxes	27,671			1,046			15,899
Other significant noncash investing and financing transactions:
Capital equity certificates exchanged for Preferred Stock							36,674
Capital equity certificates cancelled for fiscal 2009 patronage losses in wholesale crop nutrients							60,154
Capital equity certificates issued in exchange for Ag acquisitions	29,155			6,453			616
Accrual of dividends and equities payable	(578,809		)	(400,216		)	(210,435		)

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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