Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligations disclosure

As of August 31, 2020, minimum future payments required under long-term commitments that are noncancelable, and that third parties have used to secure financing for facilities that will provide contracted goods, are as follows:

	Payments Due by Period
	Total		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025		Thereafter
	(Dollars in thousands)
Long-term unconditional purchase obligations	$	544,203	$	78,939	$	58,214	$	58,592	$	58,262	$	52,702	$	237,494