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Year by Subway Restaurants, high praise from these
quality-conscious companies.
Creation of Ardent Mills, a premier flour-milling
company and a joint venture between ConAgra
Foods, Cargill and CHS, was announced in 2013.
The new company will combine operations of
ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling, formed by Cargill
and CHS in 2002. Pending satisfaction of all closing
conditions, the new company will be based in the
Denver, Colo., area. CHS will have a 12 percent
interest in Ardent Mills.
Putting People First
Named a Top 100 Workplace for the second
consecutive year in 2013 by the Minneapolis
Star Tribune, CHS is addressing the need for
skilled, knowledgeable, talented employees to
lead the company and its member cooperatives to
continued success. Using a multifaceted approach,
CHS is working to ensure employees have the
training, resources and encouragement they need to
stay current with technology and industry changes.
New programs are identifying and developing
employees who understand and value agriculture,
energy and other segments served by CHS around
the world.
In December, the CHS Foundation, the primary CHS
giving entity, announced a $2 million investment
in the CHS University Initiative on Cooperative
Education to help build understanding of the
cooperative business model by providing education,
development opportunities and hands-on
experience. The program will support integrating
cooperative education into curricula covering
ag business and farm business management at
universities and organizations throughout the
United States. Graduate-level cooperative education
programs; soil, water and environmental studies;
and technology-based learning programs will
benefit from the initiative.
In 2013, the CHS Foundation awarded $327,000
in college scholarships to 230 students studying
agriculture at 70 universities to help educate the
next generation of leaders in the science, technology
and business of agriculture. CHS also contributed
$300,000 to the National Teach Ag campaign.
The CHS internship program provided opportunities
for 125 interns in 2013 with placements at corporate
headquarters, production facilities and retail service
centers throughout the system. The interns gathered
for sessions that provided broader information about
the CHS system and to collaborate on community
service projects for school-age children.
In all, the CHS Foundation and CHS Corporate
Citizenship contributed $8.4 million in fiscal 2013 to
help develop future ag leaders, improve ag safety
and build vibrant rural communities.
The second annual CHS Day of Service volunteer
program encouraged employee groups and
individuals to identify and meet needs in their
communities with time granted away from work.
Activities ranged from beautification projects to
stocking food banks.
CHS government aairs sta helped shape the
future in a dierent way as they represented the
cooperative system in federal and state legislative
conversations covering topics from the Farm Bill
to conservation to renewable energy mandates.
The Washington, D.C.–based team advocates for
agriculture, cooperatives and farmers side by side
with CHS management teams and directors. This
helps ensure their voices are heard during critical
debates that will aect the future of U.S. agriculture.
26 CHS 2013
$327K
In college scholarships awarded