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Effective fly control improves cattle performance
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E15 availability update
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2024 spring weather and planting outlook
Global Market Access
You Have a Voice
“As part of a cooperative board, you know the decisions you are making are going to happen. When you have the fiduciary duty to pay attention to members’ money, you feel very strongly about how you are representing that and what you’re doing to make a good return on an investment.”
“We connect people with policy, providing more opportunities for CHS leaders and owners to engage with federal and state policymakers, regulators and policy influencers. The voices of CHS owners carry immeasurable impact, making CHS one of the leading advocates for the cooperative system.”
“Growing up, I wanted to help my neighbors and saw that advocacy and policy were ways to support my community. It is vital to have people who understand agriculture advocating for farmers and ranchers because we understand how a government’s decisions impact rural America.”
Benefit from Local Expertise
“Being able to depend on quality Payback® feeds for over 12 years is important to our farm. Birds always stay healthy and maintain good growth. It’s one of the biggest things we can count on.”
Cooperative agronomists help growers meet their changing crop protection needs with customized solutions.
“Using insecticide in our winter wheat seed treatment has provided important early protection for wheat seedings in the fall. Five years ago, we started using STI Customized blended seed treatments through CHS Big Sky. The flexibility has been valuable, especially when grasshopper populations exploded.”
By working with their local co-op and Mack Trucks data consultant, G&S Trucking was able minimize lost time and fuel while equipment was idle. “With this new data, we can see exactly what the efficiency of that fuel was and be much more precise in planning for fuel needs and understanding how that evolves as the G&S fleet grows.”
Earn Patronage and Equity
Patronage and member equity are fundamental benefits of cooperative ownership.
Help Communities Thrive
The benefits of cooperative ownership go beyond your operation. Cooperatives bring strength to rural communities by providing jobs, building economic stability and supporting local services. Through the CHS Foundation and community giving programs, CHS is committed to meeting these 2023 goals on behalf of its farmer-owners.CHS Foundation 2023 Goals
students educated about ag co-ops
students prepared for ag careers
future ag leaders supported
CHS Community Giving 2023 Goals
youth learn lifesaving safety and health lessons
communities receive matching grants
percent increase in employee volunteerism
Tap into a Global Supply Chain
As a cooperative owner, you are part of an extensive grain origination network that links your farming operation to world markets. And you benefit from a broad-based input system that harnesses the power of cooperative-owned refineries and growing agronomy resources to deliver inputs when and where you need them.Focus on Long-Term Thinking
Looking for the next right answer is central to the cooperative model. That balance drives cooperatives to look for new, more efficient ways to do business with an eye to long-term success and value. Cooperative ownership means you’re part of a global network of experts and advocates who focus on market trends, challenges and opportunities, so you can stay focused on managing a productive business.
CHS is optimizing its agronomy fleet to better serve cooperative customers by investing in digital connections to reduce downtime and improve efficiency.
“By moving away from mostly paper and phone calls to a digital system, we’re optimizing logistics to apply products more efficiently. These insights to our custom application fleet and delivery trucks will allow our operations teams to cover more acres in the same time window.”
CHS helps producers and fleet operators understand the rapidly changing energy industry as the push to reduce emissions continues.
“There’s no more one-size-fits-all approach. It’s a new way of thinking about your investment, but the better you understand how you’re utilizing your trucks today, the faster you’ll be prepared to act as new solutions emerge.”
“This truly is an evolution of agriculture with the potential to lower equipment and labor costs by using smaller tractors that are more fuel-efficient, while improving sustainability through reduced soil compaction.”
“Propane autogas is a solution that’s slowly changing the game for fleets; it just takes time to realize its full potential. Once customers get started and track the results for themselves, they’re calling me with the make and model of the next vehicle they want to convert.”