YOU OWN A SYSTEM THAT HELPS COMMUNITIES THRIVE

When you’re a cooperative owner, you’re investing in the future of your community. Here’s how CHS made a difference in the past year.

CHS Stewardship statistics

  • 17,000 volunteer hours donated by employees
  • 50 communities received grain bin safety equipment and training
  • $400,000 donated to food shelves
  • 8,000 youth learned about safety
  • 225 scholarships for students pursuing ag careers
  • $35,000 donated to improve rural mental health care training
  • $1 million donated to support innovation in post-secondary ag education

Providing strength and stability to rural America

Money spent and earned through the cooperative system stays in local communities. Nearly $1 billion has been returned to local communities via patronage in the past six years.

How the co-op system helps communities

  • Farmers do business with their local co-ops
  • The co-op system thrives
  • A portion of profits are returned to co-op owners as patronage and equity
  • Owners reinvest in their communities

Learn more at cooperativeownership.com

 

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