08 Jan 2015 --- CHS Inc., the US's leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, has reported net income of $378.7 million for the first quarter of its 2015 fiscal year. Earnings for the period Sept. 1 – Nov. 30, 2014, increased 56 percent from $242.2 million recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. The increase was largely attributed to stronger refining margins in the company's energy business.