- CEO
- Jay Debertin
- Full Time Employees
- 10,683
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Agricultural Farm Products
- Address
- 5500 Cenex Drive Inver Grove Heights MN United States of America 55077
- IPO Date
- Sep 10, 2014
- Business
- CHS Inc. operates as a diversified global agribusiness cooperative providing a broad range of products and services including crop nutrients, crop protection products, seeds, grain marketing, animal nutrition, food ingredients, and energy solutions. The company manufactures and markets fertilizers, seeds, and crop chemicals; supplies grain and oilseed products; offers animal feed and nutrition solutions; processes food ingredients; and delivers petroleum fuels and lubricants through its energy segment. CHS serves customers in agriculture and energy industries across 65 countries, focusing on supporting farmers and member cooperatives with integrated supply chain services, risk management, and market access. The company operates through multiple business segments including agronomy, grains, energy, nitrogen production (via joint ventures such as CF Nitrogen), and food ingredients, with a significant footprint in the United States and international markets. Founded in 1931, CHS is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
In recent major developments, CHS completed the acquisition of West Central Ag Services in 2024, expanding its agronomy and grain supply chain capabilities. Strategic partnerships continue to be a focus, including successful joint ventures like CF Nitrogen, which contributed to improved nitrogen production earnings in 2025. The company also forged a collaboration with AgVend in 2024 to enhance digital agronomy solutions and operational efficiencies for its farmer-owners. CHS has shown resilience by delivering strong volumes of crop protection and crop nutrient products despite challenging global market conditions and commodity price declines in fiscal year 2025. Operational and cost management initiatives support its ongoing commitment to return profits to farmer-owners, with $120 million planned for patronage and equity redemptions in fiscal year 2026. Recent strategic shifts include efforts to strengthen supply chains in grain, agronomy, and energy sectors while advancing sustainability and innovation in agricultural inputs and energy operations.
CHS remains the largest farmer-owned cooperative in the United States and a leading player in global agribusiness, with extensive vertically integrated operations spanning production, processing, and distribution of agricultural and energy products. The company also holds significant equity interests and joint ventures in related food and industrial sectors, including the Ventura Foods joint venture, which posted strong earnings growth in 2025.
This comprehensive product and service portfolio combined with strategic acquisitions, digital collaborations, and operational resilience positions CHS as a critical enabler of modern agriculture globally while maintaining its cooperative business model and commitment to its owners in both domestic and international markets.