REGIONAL FOCUS More than 300 cooperative leaders from 17 states gathered at CHS Your World Forum in February to hear from CHS and other ag industry leaders. Addressing the group about global market trends in their respective industries were, left to right, Cory Reed, John Deere; Jennifer Ozimkiewicz, Monsanto; and Rick McLellan, The Mosaic Company. Cooperative Leaders Focus on Ag’s Future Cooperative directors, CEOs and management team members took part in the 2014 CHS Your World Forum at Bonita Springs, Fla., in February. The forum helped participants clarify their current situations and identify steps to defi ne their future career and business paths. Speakers also addressed how the CHS enterprise builds customer value and how business partners factor into the process. Economist Jeff Rosensweig, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., was the forum keynote speaker, outlining global economic infl uences. Gary Anderson, CHS senior vice president, Processing and Food Ingredients, shared how global food demand is creating opportunities for CHS in the soy protein value chain. For more on how the CHS enterprise builds customer value, Jim Loving, CHS senior vice president, Refineries, Pipelines and Terminals; and Darin Hunhoff , CHS senior vice president, Refi ned Fuels, led a discussion on a refi nery expansion case study. Brian Schouvieller, CHS senior vice president, AgBusiness–North America, provided an update on the nutrients and grain marketing businesses of CHS. By Jessica Lamker To conclude the forum, business partners and others toured southern Florida operations of The Mosaic Company, CSX and Transfl o, a subsidiary of CSX. CHS Your World Forum will be repeated July 21–23 in Omaha, Neb., where there will be an opportunity to see the Union Pacifi c Harriman Center and Council Bluff s, Iowa, rail yard. To register, visit chsinc.com and click on Business Services, then Educational Opportunities, and select Leadership Conferences, or call CHS Aligned Solutions at 651-355-4503. EDITORIAL STAFF Linda Tank / publisher / VP Greg Lamp / editor in chief Kristine Thompson / director Lisa Graham-Peterson Lani Jordan Tom Murray David Lundquist / photographer OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Chairman David Bielenberg, Silverton, Ore. First Vice Chairman Dennis Carlson, Mandan, N.D. Secretary-Treasurer Dan Schurr, LeClaire, Iowa Second Vice Chairman Steve Fritel, Barton, N.D. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Curt Eischens, Minneota, Minn. Don Anthony, Lexington, Neb., Robert Bass, Reedsburg, Wis., C.J. Blew, Castleton, Kan., Jon Erickson, Minot, N.D., Jerry Hasnedl, St. Hilaire, Minn., Alan Holm, Sleepy Eye, Minn., David Johnsrud, Starbuck, Minn., David Kayser, Alexandria, S.D., Randy Knecht, Houghton, S.D., Greg Kruger, Eleva, Wis., Edward Malesich, Dillon, Mont., Steve Riegel, Ford, Kan. Copyright 2014 CHS Inc. All rights reserved. Vol. 7, No. 3 C is sent to you courtesy of CHS to connect you with its broad world of resources and solutions. CHS is the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company. C is published bimonthly by CHS, 5500 Cenex Drive, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077. Subscription cost is $6.00 per year. Please send address changes to C, CHS, mail station 408, 5500 Cenex Drive, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077; call 630-524-4489; or fax 630-524-4732. For editorial requests, call 800-232-3639, ext. 4323, or send email to greg.lamp@chsinc.com. TM 4 MARCH/APRIL 2014 CHSINC.COM
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