Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	November 30, 2012		August 31, 2012		November 30, 2011
Notes payable	$	274,960	$	269,783	$	124,498
CHS Capital notes payable	601,886		533,839		521,017
	$	876,846	$	803,622	$	645,515

Schedule of Interest,Net

Interest, net for the three months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended November 30.
	2012			2011
Interest expense	$	24,436		$	23,307
Interest-purchase of NCRA noncontrolling interests	46,696
Capitalized interest	(2,902		)	(1,806		)
Interest income	(1,020		)	(694		)
Interest, net	$	67,210		$	20,807