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.
Saving energy, saving money
Using LED lightbulbs helps save energy and save money.
Whether you’re lighting a farm shop or a massive export terminal, a few simple changes can reduce energy use, improve safety and help the environment.
As part of its commitment to sustainability, CHS is working to understand and manage how much and what type of energy is consumed in its facilities around the globe. They’ve found that even the smallest changes, like switching from conventional bulbs to LEDs, can make a big difference.
“These efforts significantly reduce our energy costs,” says Chuck Kendall, who heads up environmental, health and safety efforts for CHS. “They also increase safety with better visibility and less climbing up tall stepladders to replace bulbs.”
The same benefits would be true in barns, workshops and other buildings, Kendall says. With many utility companies increasing prices for electricity, the potential payback from switching to LED bulbs is even greater.
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At CHS facilities, payback time frames for bulb replacement range from 9 months to 1.5 years. For example, at CHS retail sites in Fergus Falls, Minn., and Glenwood, Minn., a $49,444 one-time project cost (including rebates) will produce a projected $34,697 annual electricity cost savings and $297,530 cumulative savings over 10 years.
The switch has environmental benefits, too: At the two CHS sites, the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions with LED vs. conventional bulbs is equivalent to planting 100 trees or taking 26 cars off the road.
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