Note 6 - Investments in Joint Ventures (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture	$ 0	$ 0

The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3213-108585

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