ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Perry Meyer of
New Ulm, Minn., has been elected
to a three-year term on the board of CHS Inc.(NASDAQ: CHSCP), the
nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy,
grains and foods company.
Minnesota delegates elected
Meyer to the 17-member board at the recent CHS Annual Meeting on
Dec. 5, 2014. He succeeds Jerry
Hasnedl of St. Hilaire, Minn., who
retired after 19 years. During its yearly reorganization session
following the annual meeting, board members re-elected David Bielenberg of Silverton, Ore., to his third one-year term as
chairman.
Meyer, 60, brings to the CHS Board more than three decades of
cooperative and agricultural leadership experience. Along with his
daughter and son-in-law, he operates a 2,500 acre corn and soybean
farm and finishes12,000 hogs annually. He currently serves as
president of Heartland Corn Products Cooperative, a board on which
he has served since 1992, and has been president of Steamboat Pork
Cooperative since 1998. He also has served as a member of the
NU-Telecom board since 1995 and is a past director of the former
CHS Oilseed Defined Investor board. Meyer also is a member of and
active in a broad range of cooperative, agricultural, local
government, school and church organizations.
He is a 1974 graduate of Alexandria (Minn.) Technical School with a
degree in agricultural mechanics. He attended the CHS New Leaders
Forum and is a graduate of the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural
Leadership (MARL) program.
Also re-elected to one-year CHS Board leadership terms were:
- Dennis Carlson, Bismarck, N.D., as first vice chairman
- Dan Schurr, LeClaire,
Iowa, as secretary-treasurer
- Steve Fritel, Rugby, N.D., as second vice chairman
- Curt Eischens, Minneota, Minn., as assistant
secretary-treasurer
Delegates also re-elected Eischens, Schurr, Jon Erickson, Minot,
N.D.; Ed Malesich,
Dillon, Mont.; Greg Kruger, Eleva,
Wis., and C.J. Blew,
Castleton, Kan., to three-year terms on the CHS Board.
CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned
by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy,
grains and foods, CHS is committed to helping its customers,
farmer-owners and other stakeholders grow their businesses through
its domestic and global operations. CHS, a Fortune 100 company,
supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, animal
feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions
including insurance, financial and risk management services. The
company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures,
markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels,
lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.
This document contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
that are based on management's current expectations and
assumptions. These forward-looking statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the potential results discussed in the
forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligations
to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future
events or circumstances. For a discussion of additional factors
that may materially affect management's estimates and predictions,
please view the CHS Inc. annual report filed on Form 10-K for the
year ended Aug. 31, 2014, which can
be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission web site
(www.sec.gov) or on the CHS web site www.chsinc.com.
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