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CORPORATE AND OTHER
Business Solutions
A secure future depends on eectively managing
risk and investing in human capital. The combined
capabilities of the CHS Business Solutions suite of
businesses — CHS Capital, LLC; CHS Hedging Inc.;
and CHS Insurance (formerly Ag States Group);
along with CHS Aligned Solutions — provide
those services to member cooperatives, individual
producers and other rural businesses.
The CHS financial services business, CHS Capital,
increased producer financing by 50 percent over
fiscal 2012 and financed major projects for several
cooperatives, underscoring its financial strength,
flexible and attractive products, and knowledgeable
customer service. Working in conjunction with
member cooperatives, CHS Capital expanded its
producer customer base in Illinois, Michigan and the
Pacific Northwest, and created nearly two dozen new
financing programs to assist farmers with cash flow
needs and help cooperatives remain the suppliers of
choice for their customers.
CHS Hedging, the full-service commodity brokerage
subsidiary of CHS, became a clearing member of
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in July
2013. This allows CHS Hedging to clear grain and
oilseed contracts traded within CME, complementing
similar relationships with the Minneapolis Grain
Exchange and the Kansas City Board of Trade,
recently acquired by CME. This position gives CHS
a voice in margin policies and other decisions that
aect cooperative and producer profitability.
Leveraging the capabilities of a global
business to meet the needs of producer-
owners, member cooperatives and
other rural businesses, CHS continued
to support long-term growth and future
success across the cooperative system.
Combining grassroots knowledge with
broad marketing insight and logistical
expertise is a core CHS strength.
24 CHS 2013
+50%
Producer financing increase