ST. PAUL - The producer- and member-cooperative owners of CHS Inc. have re-elected five farmers to new three-year terms as directors of the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and global energy, grains and foods company.
The producer- and member-cooperative owners of CHS Inc. re-elected five farmers to new three-year terms as directors of the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and global energy, grains and foods company. The elections took place during the 2015 CHS Annual Meeting held Dec. 4 in Minneapolis. Re-elected were: David Kayser, Alexandria, S.D.; CHS Board Chairman David Bielenberg, Silverton, Ore.; Don Anthony, Lexington, Neb.; Steve Fritel, Barton, N.D.; and David Johnsrud, Starbuck, Minn.
The elections took place during the 2015 CHS Annual Meeting held Dec. 4 in Minneapolis. CHS directors must be full-time farmers or ranchers to be eligible for election to the 17-member board.
Re-elected were Don Anthony, Lexington, Neb.; David Bielenberg, Silverton, Ore.; Steve Fritel, Barton, N.D.; David Johnsrud, Starbuck, Minn., and David Kayser, Alexandria, S.D.
Following the annual meeting, the CHS Board elected Bielenberg to a fourth one-year term as chairman. Other directors selected as officers for 2016 were:
Fritel, first vice chairman; Dan Schurr, LeClaire, Iowa, secretary-treasurer; Curt Eischens, Minneota, Minn., second vice chairman; and Anthony, assistant secretary-treasurer