Exhibit 23.2


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives on Form S-2 of our report dated June 19, 2002
(which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph relating to the change in the Company's method of accounting for
start-up activities in 1999) on the consolidated financial statements of Ventura
Foods, LLC and subsidiary, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cenex
Harvest States Cooperatives for the year ended August 31, 2002 and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of
such Registration Statement.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Los Angeles, California
December 16, 2002