CHS Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
5500 Cenex Dr., Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077-1721, United States
(800)232-3639, (651)355-6000, http://www.chsinc.com

Primary SIC: Groceries and Related Products, Not Elsewhere Classified, Primary NAICS: Other Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers
Description: Created in 1998 from a merger between Cenex, Inc. and Harvest States Cooperatives, CHS Inc. is a leading integrated agricultural company that buys commodities and provides products and services to patrons domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, CHS offers various products and services through four business segments--energy, ag business, processing, and corporate and other. The energy segment includes petroleum refining and pipelines; the supply, marketing and distribution of refined petroleum; the blending, sale and distribution of lubricants; and the wholesale supply of propane. This segment also processes crude oil into refined petroleum products at several refineries across the U.S., selling the products under the Cenex name to member cooperatives through a network of 1,650 independent retail sites. CHS' ag business segment includes three areas of concentration--agronomy, country operations and grain marketing. The agronomy sector is seasonal--the peak activity coincides with planting and input seasons. The operations sector's wholesale crop nutrients business sells over 6 million tons of fertilizer annually and is the nation's largest cooperative marketer of grain and oilseed, handling almost 1.8 billion bushels annually. CHS' processing segment converts raw agricultural commodities into ingredients for finished food products. The company has four areas in processing--oilseed processing, wheat milling, foods and renewable fuels. The fourth business segment, corporate and other, provides financial, futures and insurance brokerage services to member cooperatives through three subsidiaries, Cofina Financial L.L.C., Country Hedging Inc. and Ag States Agency L.L.C.Manufacturing: Grain and flour. Wholesale: Merchanding grain from individual members.