# CHS plans $100M soybean-processing plant expansion in Fairmont, Minnesota

CHS plans a $100 million expansion of its soybean-processing plant in Fairmont, Minnesota, adding five storage buildings and modifying two existing ones to increase capacity by 30%. The project will not create new jobs but will secure 52 existing jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-08-27
- Where: Fairmont, Minnesota, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 30% increase in processing capacity
- Products: soybean processing
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [CHS](https://endata.com/companies/41615.md)

## Sources

- [fairmontsentinel.com](https://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/local-news/2019/08/27/fairmont-city-council-oks-abatement-for-chs/), 2019-08-27: "CHS estimates that $3.1 million of this project will be spent locally, meaning that it will be products purchased locally or service purchased locally for the expansion."

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