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CHS Inc. is a 
Historical records
of the Farmers Union Central Exchange are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society {{Authority control Agriculture companies established in 1998 Companies established in 1998 Companies based in Minnesota Agricultural cooperatives in the United States Grain companies of the United States Companies listed on the Nasdaq Convenience stores of the United States
Fortune 500
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secondary cooperative owned by United States agricultural cooperative
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s, farmers, ranchers, and thousands of preferred stock
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holders. Based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
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, it owns and operates various food processing
Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industr ...
and wholesale, farm supply, financial services and retail businesses. It also distributes Cenex brand fuel in 19 Midwestern and Western states, which is one of the largest c-store networks in North America. It is a co-owner (alongside Mitsui & Co.) of Ventura Foods, a vegetable oil processor.
It is ranked 1st on the National Cooperative Bank The National Cooperative Bank is a congressionally chartered cooperative bank in the United States created by the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act of 1978 (Pub.L. 95-351). National Cooperative offers banking products and services to coopera ...
Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives (ranked by 2012 revenue), and 96th (by 2017 revenue) in the Fortune 500 2018 list of United States corporations.
History
The history of CHS began in 1931 with the founding of the Farmers Union Central Exchange inSaint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center ...
. Later, the core cooperative company became Cenex, from the combination of the last two words in its previous name.
In 1998, Cenex merged with Harvest States Cooperatives. Harvest States was itself the product of a 1983 merger between North Pacific Grain Growers (formed 1929) and the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association (formed 1938). The merged cooperative took the name Cenex Harvest States, adopting "CHS" as its brand name. In 2003, it changed its legal name to CHS Inc.
Co-branding with Eagle Stop
Eagle Stop, is a chain of convenience stores headquartered inMissouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. , the chain has 49 locations, all located in Missouri. All Eagle Stop locations are co-branded with Cenex gas stations.
See also
*CHS Ukraine
CHS Ukraine is an agricultural company that exports grains; works in the area of infrastructure and with Ukrainian farmers with the help of financial services. The company began operating in Ukraine in 2008.
CHS Ukraine is a part of CHS Inc., ...
References
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*Historical records
of the Farmers Union Central Exchange are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society {{Authority control Agriculture companies established in 1998 Companies established in 1998 Companies based in Minnesota Agricultural cooperatives in the United States Grain companies of the United States Companies listed on the Nasdaq Convenience stores of the United States