About CHS
CHS is a global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, agronomy, grains and foods, we’re committed to creating connections to empower agriculture, helping our owners and customers grow their businesses.
Our businesses
CHS offers a breadth of products and services to support our owners and customers every step of the way. Our practical solutions, local expertise and global connections give our farmer-owners and local cooperatives competitive advantages to reach their goals.
AGRONOMY
GLOBAL GRAIN & PROCESSING
Stewardship
CHS is committed to making a meaningful impact in agriculture and rural America. Through our stewardship initiatives, we invest in programs that develop new generations of ag leaders, promote ag safety and strengthen hometown communities.
ABOUT STEWARDSHIP
Cooperative value
Cooperatives are owned and governed by members who use its products, supplies, or services and operate in many sectors of the economy. In a cooperative system, people come together to scale buying power, gain access to goods and services and create economic opportunity.
Careers
At CHS, our teams work together to provide the products, services and expertise farmers and cooperatives need to feed a growing population. As a CHS employee, you help empower agriculture by creating connections that bring shared success.
CHS partners with AgriSafe to support rural health initiatives
Through partnership with AgriSafe, CHS supports health and well-being initiatives for people of all ages involved in agriculture, including rural nurses.
CHS Community Giving recently awarded $105,000 to AgriSafe to support mental health training, safety training for young producers and continuing education for rural nurses.
“Ag health and safety is a key focus for CHS Community Giving,” says Jessie Headrick, director, CHS Community Giving. “Through our partnership with AgriSafe we are able to support health and well-being initiatives for people of all ages engaged in agriculture.”
One-third of the CHS contribution is dedicated to AgriSafe’s Total Farmer Health initiative, which provides mental health training to farmers, ranchers, rural healthcare professionals and community influencers. Through CHS support, AgriSafe will be able to expand in-person and virtual trainings.
“Last year, we exceeded our goal and trained more than 1,100 health care professionals and rural influencers, helping us make progress toward our goals of decreasing stigma and increasing awareness,” says Tara Haskins, DNP, RN, Total Farmer Health Director.
CHS Community Giving funding also includes $30,000 for ongoing support of AgriSafe’s Invest in Your Health program, a wellness initiative for high school and college agriculture students. The program focuses on developing preventative behaviors by engaging students in a series of modules covering the importance of personal protective equipment, heat-related illness, hearing protection, zoonosis, mental wellness and hazards in agriculture.
Finally, $40,000 is dedicated to AgriSafe’s Nurse Scholar program, an innovative distance learning opportunity, which gives rural nurses access to 20 hours of online, on-demand continuing education. By completing the program, rural nurses will be better able to recognize and treat the unique health needs of those working in production agriculture. So far, 100 rural nurses have been trained and registration is now open for 2021.
For more information on AgriSafe’s programming, visit agrisafe.org. For more information on other ways CHS Community Giving supports programs that strengthen hometown communities and keep farmers and ranchers safe, visit chsinc.com/stewardship