farmer-owned with global connections. updated 12-12-14
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Farmer-owned with global connections.
Updated 12-12-14
WHO WE ARE
• Nation’s leading cooperative, owned by farmers, ranchers and co-ops
• Global energy, grains and foods business
• Helping producers, co-ops and customers grow their businesses
ABOUT CHS
• Serves producers and consumers throughoutthe United States
• Supplies grain and other products to customersin 65 countries
• More than 11,000 employees in the U.S. and 24other countries
OUR STORY
• Serving U.S. farmers, ranchers and rural America for 85 years
VISION AND MISSION
Vision
To be a globally integrated energy, grains and foods system innovatively linking producers with consumers
Mission
To grow company profitability and stakeholder value
CHS VALUES
We value…• Our tradition of
partnership andshared success
• Building lasting and mutually rewarding customer relationships
• Managing our business safely and with the highest level of integrity
• Being responsible stewards in our communities
• Our people, and their innovative spirit
THE ULTIMATE GOAL
Helping our owners grow
OUR LOCATIONS
GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
CHS OWNERSHIP
1,100 locally owned cooperatives serving more than 500,000
producers
Voting equity30%
Voting equity70%
Voting equity0%
75,000 individual producers (through
company-owned facilities)
Preferred stockholders
(CHSCP, CHSCO, CHSCN, CHSCM) onNASDAQ Exchange
STRUCTURE
CHS/Local and Global Partnerships
TEMCO
50%
Ventura Foods
50%
McPherson,
Kansas refinery
88.9%
Ardent Mills
12%*
• Energy (refining, distribution, refined fuels, propane, lubricants, renewable fuels)
• Grain Marketing
• Crop Nutrients
• Country Operations
• Processing and Food Ingredients
• Transportation
• CHS Nutrition
• CHS Sunflower
• CHS Insurance
• CHS Hedging
• CHS Capital
Wholly owned businesses
Member-ownersCo-ops/Individuals
(voting)
Preferred stockholders (non-voting)
GOVERNANCE
• 17 directors
• Full-time producers
• Elected by member-owners by region
• Three-year terms
CHS DIRECTOR REPRESENTATION
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
41 32
21
13
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
• Fiscal 2014 net income $1.1 billion
• Fiscal 2014 net revenues $42.7 billion
• Number 62 on 2014 Fortune 500 list
• A 2014 Minnesota“Top Workplace” – third consecutive year!
COMMITTED TO HELPING PRODUCERS GROW
SERVING PRODUCERSIN THEIR COMMUNITIES
• More than six dozen CHS Service Centers across the U.S. and Canada, along with 1,100 member cooperatives
• Crop inputs, energy, technology, grain marketing and business support
• Connecting local owners to global markets
COUNTRY OPERATIONS LOCATIONS
AG BUSINESS
GLOBAL COMMODITIES
• North America’s third largest grain exporter
• Markets more than 2 billion bushels of grain annually
• Sells grain domestically and in 65 countries
• Sources and handles specialty and IP grains, and DDGS
GLOBAL COMMODITIES
• Meeting global customer grains, oilseeds, DDGS and fertilizer needs through offices and strategic origination, export and marketing facilities in:
• South America
• Asia-Pacific
• Black Sea and Mediterranean region
• Australia
GLOBAL GRAIN OPERATIONS
GROWING GLOBAL PRESENCE INPROCESSING AND FOOD INGREDIENTS
PROCESSING AND FOOD INGREDIENTS
• Soybean processing plants in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Israel and China
• Crushed nearly 120 million bushels annually (3 million acres)
• Refines 1.3 billion pounds of soybeans annually• Produces 3 million tons of soy protein products for
global and domestic use• Operates CHS ethanol plant at Rochelle, ill.
QUALITY INGREDIENTS FOR MANUFACTURERS
Soy protein• Isolates, Concentrates
and textured soy protein products such as Ultra-Soy® and Imagic® are key ingredients in many food products
Soy flour• Honeysoy,® used to add
replace meat and texture/nutritional value
Soy & Canola Oil• Used in food and
industrial applications
VEGETABLE OIL-BASED FOODS
• An owner of Ventura Foods, nation’s largest manufacturer and marketer of vegetable oil-based foods
• Supplies foodservice and consumer markets with branded and custom-made products
• Manufactures Marie’s® dressings and Dean’s® dips for consumers and Hidden Valley® dressings for foodservice use
HELPING OWNERS ANDCUSTOMERS SUCCEED
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
• CHS Hedging, a full-service brokerage and risk management provider with more than 60 branch offices
• CHS Insurance, the nation’s largest agribusiness insurance agency
CROP NUTRIENTS
• Serving North America’s largest dealer network and global customers
• Global product sourcing including deep water port and river facilities
• More terminals in more locations to serve customers• Risk management, global markets, logistics and distribution
ENERGY
• Largest U.S. cooperative refinery, pipeline and terminal network
• Major refined fuels wholesale and retailer to rural America
• More than 1,400 branded outlets, including 1,000 Cenex® convenience stores
• One of the U.S. largest propane retailers
• Manufacturer of high-quality lubricants under the Cenex brand and other labels
RENEWABLE ENERGY
• Four decades as renewable fuels marketer and distributor of renewable fuels
• Operator of 133-million-gallon-per-year year ethanol plant at Rochelle, Ill.
• Grain supplier to renewable fuels plants
• Exporter of ethanol to global customers
• A manufacturer of vegetable oil-based, environmentally friendly lubricants