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LEADERSHIP LETTER
Putting the future first also means keeping
CHS relevant as our owners’ first choice as a
partner. Throughout 2013, that need spurred us to
collaborate innovatively with member cooperatives
on new grain and fertilizer facilities, energy ventures,
and other opportunities to position our system to
serve producers and other customers in the years
ahead. During the year, several cooperatives also
chose to align fully with CHS as part of our Country
Operations retail division. We know the future oers
no one-size-fits-all solutions, so we are committed
to serving our owners in the ways they require
to drive their future growth.
Our theme, Future First, is not limited to financial
achievements or bricks and mortar. We’re also
investing in the next generation of producers
and cooperative leaders. We’re striving to make
sure CHS and the cooperative system attracts
and retains the best talent in rural America and
around the world to fuel growth for our owners
and customers. Our 10,000 dedicated employees
are sharing their time, skills and financial resources
to make the communities where we live and work
even better. Most of all, we’re striving to work safely,
a commitment supported by making safety a key
performance measurement for every CHS location
and employee.
We can’t predict the future in industries shaped
by weather, the global economy and other factors
beyond our control. But there is one important
thing we must do. That’s to continue making the
future — your future — our first priority every day.
CARL CASALE
President and Chief Executive Ocer
DAVID BIELENBERG
Chairman, Board of Directors
381.4
502.2
961.4
1,260.6 992.4
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 $992.4M
From left: Casale, Bielenberg
Net income dollars in millions
attributable to CHS
03CHS 2013