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Estimated Payment Liability	9 Months Ended
Estimated Payment Liability	May 31, 2012
Estimated Payment Liability [Abstract]
Estimated Payment Liability	8. The Company's shareholders/patrons harvested 1,954,638 tons of sugarbeets from the 2011-crop. The estimated sugarbeet payment liability totals $144.7 million at May 31, 2012. The estimated total sugarbeet payment per ton of average quality sugarbeets from the 2011-crop is $74.05.