(INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MINN) – Minnesota-based CHS Inc. has completed its acquisition of Ulen, Minn.-based West Central Ag Services.
“The former West Central Ag Services has joined the CHS supply chain as a new ag retail business unit called CHS West Central,” CHS said in a news release. “All locations will remain operational, and grain and agronomy services will continue to be available.”
All West Central Ag Services employees were offered employment with CHS as part of the sale and the local management team will continue to manage CHS West Central. The producer board that served West Central Ag Services will also remain in place. CHS and West Central Ag Services had a 50-50 joint venture called Central Plains Ag Services, based in Hannaford, N.D. The joint venture is now wholly owned by CHS and it has become part of the CHS ag retail business unit located in Devils Lake, N.D.
“This is an exciting time for our owners and our cooperative as we join CHS and become part of the global supply chain through CHS,” said Jesse McCollum, former West Central Ag Services CEO, who will now serve as senior director of operations. “We are thrilled to be part of the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative to serve farmers in west-central Minnesota for generations to come.”
