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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001047469-16-010662
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160302

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:		CORRESP

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

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		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="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BRIAN R. ROSENAU<br> Partner</font></b><br>  <b>(212) 415-9281</b><br>  <b>FAX (646) 417-7308</b><br>  <b>rosenau.brian@dorsey.com</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;2, 2016</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, NE</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attention:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J. Nolan McWilliams</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 55.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attorney-Advisor</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>CHS Inc.<br> Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1<br> Filed January&nbsp;25, 2016</b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File No.&nbsp;333-209104</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;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;McWilliams:</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;">Set forth below is the response of CHS Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) to the letter dated February&nbsp;17, 2016 (the &#147;Comment Letter&#148;) from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the above-referenced Registration Statement. The Company is filing Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the above-referenced Registration Statement (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;1&#148;) via EDGAR contemporaneously with this letter.</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;">In order to facilitate your review, we have repeated the comment contained in the Comment Letter in its entirety in bold below. Capitalized terms used in this letter but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in Amendment No.&nbsp;1.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences, page&nbsp;28</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Exchange, page&nbsp;28</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>We note your disclosure that you have obtained a private letter ruling from the IRS that &#147;the Exchange will not cause any of [your] equity holders to be treated as receiving a taxable stock dividend pursuant to Section&nbsp;305(c)&nbsp;of the Code.&#148; Please file the IRS private letter ruling as an exhibit to your registration statement or, alternatively, file an opinion of counsel that addresses whether the Exchange will cause any of your equity holders to be treated as receiving a taxable stock dividend pursuant to Section&nbsp;305(c)&nbsp;of the IRC. For guidance, refer to Section&nbsp;III.A.1 of Staff Legal Bulletin No.&nbsp;19 located at http://www.sec.gov/interps/legal/cfslb19.htm.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has filed a revised opinion of Dorsey&nbsp;&amp; Whitney LLP as Exhibit&nbsp;8.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1. That opinion addresses, among other things, whether the Exchange will cause any of the Company&#146;s equity holders to be treated as receiving a taxable stock dividend pursuant to Section&nbsp;305(c)&nbsp;of the Code.</font></p>
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