CHS IncSector: Consumer Defensive Employees:
CHS Inc., an integrated agricultural company, engages in the provision of grain, food, agronomy, and energy resources to businesses and consumers worldwide. The company engages in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, asphalt, petroleum coke, lubricants, and other related products. It also engages in petroleum refining and pipelines; supply, marketing, and distribution of refined fuels, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, and other energy products; blending, sale, and distribution of lubricants; and wholesale supply of propane and other natural gas liquids. In addition, the company owns and leases a fleet of liquid and pressure trailers and tractors, which transport refined fuels, propane, anhydrous ammonia, and other products. Further, it processes and markets grains and oilseeds; and offers seeds, crop nutrients, crop protection products, animal feed, animal health products, and refined and renewable fuels, as well as refined oils, meal, soy flour, and processed sunflower products. Furthermore, the company produces and distributes edible oil-based products. CHS Inc. was formerly known as Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives and changed its name to CHS Inc. in August 2003. The company was founded in 1931 and is based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.