REGIONAL FOCUS The winning photo, which received 526 votes on the SDSU Athletics Facebook page, shows Cody and Kasey Williams with their daughter Brooklynn. The Williams family received team wearables, a The winning photo, which received 526 votes commemorative glass plaque and on the SDSU Athletics Facebook page, shows a gift basket from CHS in addition Cody and Kasey Williams with Brooklynn. They to their game-day experience. received team wearables, a commemorative glass plaque and a gift basket from CHS with their game-day experience. Special Day for South Dakota State University Family Even though Cody and Kasey Williams of Colman, S.D., have been avid Jackrabbit fans for years, they recently enjoyed their first football tailgating party on the South Dakota State University (SDSU) campus. “Joining friends and family as honored guests at the CHS tent was exciting,” says Kasey Williams. “So was going onto the fi eld at halftime. Our daughter was thrilled to have her photo taken with Jack, the school mascot.” All in all, the Williamses’ VIP experience as the CHS Farm Family of the Year Photo Contest winner for SDSU was “fantastic,” she says. This season’s popular photo contest was just one part of an exciting CHS collegiate sports partnership with 25 universities, designed to tell agriculture’s story to a broad audience and build pride in the cooperative system. Photos and votes were submitted on each school’s athletic Facebook page over a two-week period. Because many of his family members graduated from SDSU, Cody was a Jackrabbit fan long before he became a student there. Today, his aunt is the university’s provost and Kasey works in the online education department. Three generations are involved in the family’s registered Polled Hereford, soybean and corn operation. The family has played a large role in the community for By Annette Bertelsen many years, including active involvement with the Little International student ag expo at SDSU, the South Dakota Hereford Association, FFA and 4-H. “Last year, we lent a calf to a 7-year-old 4-H member. We helped her learn how to show cattle, and she was a winner,” Kasey says with pride. ■ SEE MORE To watch a video, go to chsinc.com/c. EDITORIAL STAFF Linda Tank / publisher / senior VP Greg Lamp / editor in chief Joel Schettler / managing editor Lisa Graham-Peterson Lani Jordan 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., 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., Perry Meyer , New Ulm, Minn., Steve Riegel , Ford, Kan. Copyright 2015 CHS Inc. All rights reserved. Vol. 8, No. 2 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 630-462-2307; or fax 630-462-2202. For editorial requests, call 800-232-3639, ext. 4323, or send email to greg.lamp@chsinc.com. TM 4 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 CHSINC.COM
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