ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Perry Meyer, a
New Ulm, Minn., producer and
long-time cooperative leader, has been elected to the board of CHS
Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative
and a global energy, grains and foods company.
Meyer was elected to a three-year term on the 17-member board at
the recent CHS Annual Meeting on Dec.
5 in Minneapolis. He
succeeds Jerry Hasnedl of St. Hilaire,
Minn., who retired after 19 years.
"I look forward to working with the CHS Board and management to
continue strengthening and building this enterprise for our
member-owners," Meyer said. "As cooperative members, we have the
opportunity to work together to create the foundation that will
help the next generation flourish."
Meyer, 60, brings to the CHS Board more than three decades of
cooperative and agricultural leadership experience. 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 was a past director
for the former CHS Oilseed Defined Investment board.
Meyer also is a member of and active in a broad range of other
ooperative and agricultural organizations including United Farmers
Co-op, Winthrop, Minn.; South
Central Grain and Energy, Fairfax,
Minn.; River Region Co-op, Sleepy
Eye, Minn.; Heartland Corn Products Cooperative,
Winthrop, Minn.; Minnesota Farm
Bureau, Minnesota and Nicollet County corn growers associations and
Minnesota Pork Producers Association. He is president of St. John's
Church and chairman of the Minnesota Valley Lutheran School
foundation. He has previously held leadership roles on numerous
local government boards.
Meyer is a 1974 graduate of Alexandria (Minn.) Technical School with a
degree in agricultural mechanics. He attended the CHS New Leaders
Forum in 1985 and is a 2006 graduate of the Minnesota Agriculture
and Rural Leadership (MARL) program.
Along with his daughter and son-in-law, he operates a 2,500 acre
corn and soybean farm and finishes 12,000 hogs annually. Meyer and
his wife, LouAnn, have three other daughters and three
grandchildren.
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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