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Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Company owns or leases the following processing plants and procurement facilities:
Processing Plants Procurement Facilities
United Foreign Total United Foreign Total
States States
Owned 137 98 235 173 104 277
Leased 4 1 5 9 30 39
141 99 240 182 134 316
The Company’s operations are such that most products are efficiently processed near the source of raw materials.
Consequently, the Company has many plants strategically located in grain producing areas. The annual volume of
commodities processed will vary depending upon availability of raw materials and demand for finished products.
Oilseeds Processing
Processing Plants Procurement Facilities
United
States
Foreign Total United
States
Foreign Total
Owned 44 48 92 15 79 94
Leased – – – – 20 20
44 48 92 15 99 114
The Company operates twenty-one domestic and seventeen foreign oilseed crushing plants with a daily processing
capacity of approximately 91,000 metric tons (3.3 million bushels). The domestic plants are located in Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Texas. The foreign plants are located in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, India, Mexico, the
Netherlands, Poland, and the Ukraine.
The Company operates thirteen domestic oilseed refineries in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, and Tennessee, as well as sixteen foreign refineries in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, England,
France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, and Poland. The Company packages oils at seven domestic plants
located in California, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois, as well as at six foreign plants located in Bolivia, Brazil,
England, and Germany. The Company operates one domestic and six foreign biodiesel plants located in North
Dakota, Brazil, Germany, and India. In addition, the Company operates two fertilizer blending plants in Brazil.
The Oilseeds Processing segment operates fifteen domestic country grain elevators as adjuncts to its processing
plants. These elevators, with an aggregate storage capacity of 8 million bushels, are located in Illinois, Missouri,
North Carolina, and Ohio.
This segment also operates ninety-eight foreign elevators, including port facilities, in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, and Poland as adjuncts to its processing plants. These facilities have
a storage capacity of 125 million bushels.