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Cooperative spirit

Celebrating co-ops and communities

Cynthia Clanton
Oct 15, 2024

October is National Co-op Month. Evan Fust, senior director of operations for CHS High Plains based in Yuma, Colo., and CHS United Plains Ag based in Sharon Springs, Kan., describes the role cooperatives play in communities across rural America and why he believes in the cooperative system.

 


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