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Agribusinesses Proud to Sponsor AgNite

Cindy Zimmerman

CHS at AgNiteCHS is a Minnesota-based, farmer-owned, diversified agribusiness that was a proud sponsor of the AgNite event held on the second night of the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities.

CHS Governmental Affairs Director Jim Bareksten is a board member of the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council, which coordinated the gala event celebrating food, agriculture and bioenergy – all of which are important to this company. “We’re a Fortune 200 company, we’re owned by farmers, and it is good to be involved,” Jim told me. “When you have a group of 17 farmer-directors that lead our company and you bring up an ag event of this magnitude to them, some of them being from different parties, they all jump on board and say let’s promote agriculture.”

Listen to my interview with Jim Bareksten here:
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Be sure to check out the AgNite Photo Album for 200 pictures from the event.

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