Minnesota Cooperative Earns Producer Trust

Author: Annette Bertelsen

What makes an agricultural supplier indispensable? How do cooperatives add unique value to farming operations? The 2013 CHS producer-focused advertisi..

Tackling What’s Next

Author: Carl Casale

When will the fertilizer be delivered? Do we have enough fuel on hand? Are we going to get that field planted before it rains? Can I squeeze in this m..

One Generation to the Next

Author: Greg Lamp

6 STEPS TO MAKE SUCCESSION PLANNING A PAINLESS PROCESS. Ask most farmers about their succession plans and you’ll likely get an outright blank stare..

Transition Planning Co-op Style

Author: Lisa Graham-Peterson

Many cooperatives need to prepare for leadership succession too, says Lynn Foth, vice president, CHS Aligned Solutions. “Many managers started during ..

The Check Really is in the Mail

Author: Lani Jordan

CASH PATRONAGE RETURNS HELP DELIVER GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CHS SYSTEM. Nearly 58,000 checks were mailed in February, headed to cooperatives and prod..

Rough Year on the River

Author: Peg Zenk

Drought shrunk the Mississippi in 2012, slowing barge traffic, raising costs and shifting how some commodities move. Last fall the mighty Mississip..

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Author: Greg Lamp

Make Way for More Corn Corn is king and will likely stay on the throne again this year. Planted acreage totaled 97.15 million acres in 2012, 5.2 mi..

Propane Innovations Soar

Author: Annette Bertelsen

The primary fuel used for hot air balloons is really taking off these days. More and more agricultural producers, businesses and municipalities are ad..

Bigger, Better Bins

Author: Tim Emslie

On- and off-farm grain storage keeps growing. The statistics prove it. More on- and off-farm storage is going up across the country. Overall grain ..

View from the Hill

Author: Lani Jordan

Urgent action on waterways and Farm Bill top the CHS legislative agenda. The 2013 CHS approach to critical legislative issues facing agriculture ca..

New Briefs

CHS Launches Center for Cooperative Growth CHS has introduced the CHS Center for Cooperative Growth, an online platform to gather and share diverse..

People

Author: Greg Lamp

LAYING GROUNDWORK When Laurel (Mont.) High School decided to replace its sagging, buckling gymnasium floor — to the tune of $150,000 — CHS Refinery..

C World

Moving grain around the world takes trucks, trains, barges, ships and daily contact among skilled grain merchandisers located all over the world. T..