News and insights

Stewardship

CHS Foundation launches Cooperative Minds program

Cooperative Minds provides immersive learning modules to help students discover opportunities in agriculture.
Agronomy

Liquid fertilizer loading saves time, trouble

Automated liquid fertilizer dispensing system helps get crop nutrients to the field quickly and efficiently.
Our people

Grow your career with a CHS internship

CHS internships let students apply their skills to help fulfill the company’s purpose.
Financials

CHS announces plans to return $600 million to owners

Planned patronage and equity distributions will benefit cooperative owners in communities throughout rural America.
Refined fuels

Essential farm fuel safety tips for operators

Operating heavy machinery, combating weather or handling livestock — running a farm or ranch comes with safety risks. While he can’t eliminate on-farm risks, Dan Harjes is on a mission to keep farmers and ranchers safe when handling the fuel their operations depend on. Harjes, a senior transportation safety specialist with CHS, works with cooperatives […]
Safety

Minnesota farm family shares succession lessons

A Minnesota farm family recovers from tragedy, learning hard lessons about succession planning. Now they are sharing what they learned to help others.
Grain

Colorado farmer champions milo for sustainability

Sorghum is the primary crop of the Colorado farm due to its resiliency and profit potential.
Grain

CHS sorghum exports surge with new Gulf access

Expanding export and marketing opportunities has spurred rapid growth for sorghum receipts and exports at CHS. Farmers and the cooperative system are reaping the benefits.
Cooperative spirit

Cenex® brand awards $100,000 Hometown Throwdown competition grand prize

The Norborne Soybean Festival was voted the competition winner over more than 500 submissions nationwide.
Grain

Advocating for preservation of Snake River dams

Mike Hand is scouting one of his fields of soft white winter wheat nestled in the rolling hills near Walla Walla, Wash., with Chris Peha, general manager of Northwest Grain Growers (NWGG). It’s time to discuss the marketing plan for the crop they agree could top 100 bushels per acre.  Hand produces 600,000 to 700,000 […]
Our people

Dawson Blakeslee: Discovering opportunities in energy

Dawson Blakeslee, an electrical engineering intern at the CHS refinery at Laurel, Mont., says his internship experience has helped him envision a career in the energy industry.
Agronomy

Sydney Swanson: Feeding the world one acre at a time

Agronomist Sydney Swanson supports cooperative farmer-owners with farm planning, soil testing and more to help them have a successful year.
Agronomy

CHS introduces new Trivar® EZ fertilizer

Patented blend increases micronutrient and phosphate availability to crops.
CHS director of operations with grower in a wheat field

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