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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-089126
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131206
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131209
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131209

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000823277
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-FARM PRODUCT RAW MATERIALS [5150]
		IRS NUMBER:				410251095
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36079
		FILM NUMBER:		131266072

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5500 CENEX DRIVE
		CITY:			INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55077
		BUSINESS PHONE:		651-355-6000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5500 CENEX DRIVE
		CITY:			INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55077

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENEX HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980611

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961212
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of<br> the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report:<b> December&nbsp;6, 2013</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5500 Cenex Drive,&nbsp;Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(651) 355-6000</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;6, 2013, at the Annual Members Meeting of CHS Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), each of the following directors was re-elected to the Board for a three-year term:&#160; Robert Bass, Dennis Carlson, Randy Knecht and Steve Riegel.&#160; The delegates also elected one new director, Al Holm, to serve a three-year term on the Board.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Holm fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Toelle on April&nbsp;3, 2013.&#160; The following directors&#146; terms of office continued after the meeting:&#160; Donald Anthony, David Bielenberg, Clinton J. Blew, Curt Eischens, Jon Erickson, Steve Fritel, Jerry Hasnedl, David Johnsrud, David Kayser, Greg Kruger, Edward Malesich and Daniel Shurr.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Al Holm, 53, will represent members in Minnesota.&#160; Holm has served 19 years on the board of what is now River Region Cooperative located in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and has served as chairman for the past eight years.&#160; He has also served as chairman of the Southern Minnesota Co-op Directors&#146; Association and secretary of the Minnesota State Co-op Directors Association.&#160; Holm previously served two years on the CHS Resolution Committee (from 2006 to 2007), including as chairman in 2007.&#160; He has also served in leadership capacities with the Brown County Farm Service Agency county committee, Ag Star Financial Services Advisory Board and Renville Co-op Transport.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Following the Annual Members Meeting, the Board of Directors held the annual re-organizational meeting at which Board officers were elected.&#160; All of the Board officers were re-elected for a one-year term: David Bielenberg- was re-elected Chairman of the Board, Dennis Carlson- was re-elected First Vice Chairman of the Board, Daniel Schurr- was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Board, Steve Fritel was re-elected Second Vice Chairman of the Board and Curt Eischens was re-elected Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Board.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;9, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the election of directors to the Board.&#160; A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">/s/   Carl M. Casale</font></i></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minnesota farmer joins CHS Board;</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ST. PAUL, MINN. (December&nbsp;9, 2013) &#151; Alan Holm of Sleepy Eye, Minn., has been elected to a three-year term on the board of CHS Inc., the nation&#146;s leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Delegates elected Holm to the 17-member board at the recent CHS Annual Meeting on Dec.&nbsp;6, 2013. During its yearly reorganization session following the annual meeting, board members re-elected David Bielenberg of Silverton, Ore., to his second one-year term as chairman.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Holm, 53, brings to the CHS Board nearly two decades experience in cooperative and agricultural leadership. He has served 19 years on the board of what is now River Region Co-op, Sleepy Eye, Minn., the past eight as chairman. In addition, he has served as chairman of the Southern Minnesota Co-op Directors&#146; Association and secretary of the Minnesota State Co-op Directors&#146; Association. Holm also served two years on the CHS Resolutions Committee, including one as chairman.&#160; He has also served in leadership capacities with the Brown County Farm Service Agency county committee, Ag Star Financial Services Advisory Board and Renville Co-op Transport.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Holm holds an associate&#146;s degree in machine tool technology from Mankato (Minn.) Technical College and has participated in numerous cooperative and agriculture educational programs. He raises corn, soybeans sweet corn, peas and hay on 1,400 acres near Sleepy Eye and also operates a 50-head cow-calf herd.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Delegates also re-elected Carlson, Robert Bass, Reedsburg, Wis., Randy Knecht, Houghton, S.D., and Steve Riegel, Ford, Kan., to three-year terms on the CHS Board.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, grains and foods, CHS is committed to helping its customers, farmer-owners and other stakeholders grow their businesses through its domestic and global operations. CHS, a Fortune 100 company, supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, animal feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on management&#146;s current expectations and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the potential results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligations to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances. For a discussion of additional factors that may materially affect management&#146;s estimates and predictions, please view the CHS Inc. annual report filed on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended Aug.&nbsp;31, 2013, which can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission web site (www.sec.gov) or on the CHS web site www.chsinc.com.</font></p>
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