Processing
A trusted supplier of quality ingredients
CHS produces a range of food and animal feed ingredients using soybeans, sunflowers, canola and other crops grown by our farmer-owners. Through our processing platform, which includes soybean and canola crushing and refining facilities, as well as animal feed mills, CHS works with growers to turn crops into high-quality ingredients and provide customers with a consistent, year-round supply.
Grain processing
Canola
We produce crude and refined canola oil and high-protein canola meal at our processing and refining facility near Hallock, Minn.
Corn
We convert corn into high-quality ethanol at our ethanol facilities in Illinois and market it through our Cenex® brand gasoline. We also produce corn oil at Annawan, Ill., which is used in biodiesel production.
Dry edible beans
We help growers process, package and deliver 10 varieties of dry edible beans to markets in California and Central and South America.
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Soybeans
We produce soybean oil, flour and meal for global food companies. Our trusted brands include Honeysoy® and Savorysoy®. We also produce PlastiSoy® epoxidized soy oil, used in food wrap and medical applications.
Sunflowers
We export sunflower products to Spain, Greece, Poland and Israel and supply ingredients to nationally known snack brands.
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Wheat
We supply durum wheat to Ardent Mills, a flour milling company and joint venture between CHS, Cargill and ConAgra Foods.
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Ardent Mills
A joint venture between CHS, Cargill and Conagra Brands, Ardent Mills is committed to delivering innovative and nutritious ingredients, including traditional and organic flours and ancient grains. As North America’s leading flour supplier, Ardent Mills has more than 40 flour mills and blending facilities in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
Ventura Foods
A joint venture between CHS and Mitsui & Co., Ventura Foods creates innovative food solutions for foodservice operators in more than 60 countries. Ventura Foods turns soy oil refined by CHS into exclusive products for the world’s most iconic restaurants and retailers, ready-to-go product solutions for professional kitchens and products for well-known consumer brands. Our branded products for foodservice professionals include Sauce Craft, Culinare, Wilsey, LouAna and Table Maid.
Processing platform
CHS produces a variety of food and feed ingredients for customers around the world. We are a leader in soybean and canola processing and refine more than 1.7 billion pounds of soybean oil and process 21 million bushels of canola seed each year at our crushing and refining facilities in Minnesota. From refined soybean oil to high-protein canola meal, we are committed to helping our producers find new markets and uses for their grain and oilseeds.
Animal nutrition
CHS offers a broad range of animal nutrition products at more than 650 retail locations across the United States. Our proprietary, high-quality feeds are produced at our wholly owned and joint-venture feed mills throughout the United States.
Livestock
Our custom-formulated Payback® feeds for beef, dairy, sheep, swine, goats and poultry deliver consistent results that give ranchers and farmers a profit edge.
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Horse
Our Equis® line of advanced-nutrition feed provides horses from miniature to draft breeds with highly digestible ingredients that support wellness and immune balance.
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Pet
CHS pet food brand Rancher’s Choice® offers high-quality protein sources, vitamins and minerals, and soy-free formulas to keep your pet healthy.
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Pet
CHS pet food brand Country Vet® offers high-quality, highly digestible formulas that have been painstakingly perfected in our Sioux City, Iowa, plant.
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Global grain expertise
CHS markets more than 52 million metric tons of grains and oilseeds in more than 65 countries annually.
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