CHS INC.
5500 Cenex Drive
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077
(651) 355-6000
September 13, 2013
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Loan Lauren P. Nguyen
Re: CHS Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-190019)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, CHS Inc. (the “Company”) hereby respectfully requests that the effective time of the above-referenced registration statement be accelerated to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 17, 2013, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
In connection with this request, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
· should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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| By: | /s/ Timothy Skidmore |
| Name: | Timothy Skidmore |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |