About CHS
CHS is a global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, agronomy, grains and foods, we’re committed to creating connections to empower agriculture, helping our owners and customers grow their businesses.
Our businesses
CHS offers a breadth of products and services to support our owners and customers every step of the way. Our practical solutions, local expertise and global connections give our farmer-owners and local cooperatives competitive advantages to reach their goals.
AGRONOMY
GLOBAL GRAIN & PROCESSING
Stewardship
CHS is committed to making a meaningful impact in agriculture and rural America. Through our stewardship initiatives, we invest in programs that develop new generations of ag leaders, promote ag safety and strengthen hometown communities.
ABOUT STEWARDSHIP
Cooperative value
Cooperatives are owned and governed by members who use its products, supplies, or services and operate in many sectors of the economy. In a cooperative system, people come together to scale buying power, gain access to goods and services and create economic opportunity.
Careers
At CHS, our teams work together to provide the products, services and expertise farmers and cooperatives need to feed a growing population. As a CHS employee, you help empower agriculture by creating connections that bring shared success.
Sustainability | Deforestation
Supporting work against deforestation
Managing deforestation risk in our supply chain is a sustainability focus. CHS Brazil supports Save Cerrado, SOS Mata Atlântica, Embrasa, Carbon Free and other entities that work against deforestation and promote reforestation.
Organizations where CHS participates
Sharing CHS learnings through sustainability forums is another avenue for strengthening industry resolve to prevent deforestation. The company has participated in forums sponsored by Global Traceability Solutions, ANEC, ABIOVE and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Some organizations CHS participates in include:
- Amazon Soy Moratorium, which asks grain traders to agree not to purchase soybeans from land cleared after 2008
- Green Grains from Pará, aimed at avoiding sale of crops grown in illegally deforested areas
- Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) Association, a global coalition of thought leaders working to create a certification standard for responsible soybean production
- Coalition Group (ABAG), which promotes initiatives against illegal deforestation
- ABIOVE, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, which supports sustainable expansion of soy