How to read your CHS statement
Statement details
- All payments are due on the 20th of the month
- Billing periods cover a full calendar month billing cycle
- Finance charges are standardized at 18% annual, or 1.5% monthly on past due balances
- If you are enrolled in ACH, funds are withdrawn from your account on or near the 20th (holidays, weekends and other factors may move this date by a few days)
Reading your statement

Note: if you live in Montana, your statement looks slightly different. Learn how to read your Montana CHS statement.
- Account Number
- Statement Dates: Begin, End, Due Date
- Current Due: This is the amount you owe CHS. If amount is preceded by a minus sign, that indicates a credit balance and no payment is due
- Remit To Address: Payment can be mailed to this address or dropped off at any of our CHS offices.
- Date: Date product or service was provided
- Inv Due Date: Date payment is due for this invoice
- PO/TKT#: Number on ticket when product was picked up
- Invoice Number: Individual invoice number
- Description: Description of product or service provided
- Qty: Number of units, acres or other merchandise provided
- Unit Price
- Invoice Total: Total of individual lines for each invoice
- Payment Received: Lists any payments received
- Running Balance: Running total of all invoices and payments, which can be a credit balance if minus sign precedes amount
- Summary By Category: This is a detailed summary by category for the statement period each month with total quantity and total dollars
- Account Status: Indicates any prepay, current balance and past due balances on your account.
- Begin Prepay: Prepay balance from previous month’s statement
A – Prepay Increase: Prepaid dollars received this statement period
B – Prepay Decrease: Prepaid dollars applied to this statement
C – End Prepay Balance: Remaining prepay for this statement - Begin Budget: Previous month’s budget balance
A – Budget Activity: Additional invoices generated in this statement period, less deliveries made
B – End Budget Balance: Total (budget invoices generated, less deliveries made) Will be positive value, if additional invoices exceed deliveries made - Future/Deferred: Amount due at a future date
- Current Due: Amount due this statement
- Total balance: Total of current and future amounts due
- Number of Pages in Statement

Thank you
Thank you for continuing to trust CHS as a valued partner in your home, business or farming operation.
Contact your local CHS office for additional help with your statement.