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Renewable fuels

From grains to gallons

As a farmer-owned cooperative, CHS has been a leader in renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel for more than five decades. CHS is one of the nation’s largest suppliers of ethanol-enhanced gasoline and the largest U.S. retailer of E85 ethanol while also being a leading producer of soybean oil, a feedstock for biofuels.

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We market

1 billion

gallons of ethanol every year

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We produce

260 million

gallons of fuel-grade ethanol every year

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We refine more than

1.2 billion

pounds of soybean oil annually

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American-made ethanol
Our biorefineries in Annawan, Ill., and Rochelle, Ill., use an advanced fermenting and distilling process to convert corn grown by our farmer-owners into high-quality ethanol. That ethanol is marketed through Cenex® brand gasoline and other suppliers.
Check out our renewable fuels marketed under our Cenex® brand
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Marketing expertise
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