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Debertin moves up to president, CEO at CHS
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, U.S. - CHS
Inc. announced on May 22 that its board
of directors has elected Jay D. Debertin as
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of CHS. Debertin succeeds Carl Casale, who
led CHS during record performance levels and
expansion.
During Casale's seven years with the
company, CHS returned $3 billion to its owners,
Debertin
invested $9 billion in new capital expenditures
and nearly doubled the size of its balance sheet from $8.7 billion
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systems at the company.
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that Jay is the right leader," said Dan Schurr, chairman of the CHS
board of directors. "Jay's experience in achieving operational
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to deliver returns to our member-owners now and for the long term."
Debertin previously was executive vice-president and chief
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food ingredients business. He joined CHS in 1984 and has held a
variety of leadership positions within the organization in energy,
trading and risk management, transportation, and agricultural
processing. He also serves as chairman of Ventura Foods.
"CHS is strong today because we drive the business with a central
purpose in mind and that is to help our cooperatives and farmers
grow," Debertin said. "I look forward to working with our talented
group of employees as we concentrate on world-class execution
across our system. I see growth and strength ahead for our business."

Major elected as new FEFAC president
CORDOBA, SPAIN - Nick Major was
elected as the new president of the European
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June 7 at the XXVIII FEFAC Congress in
Cordoba, Spain.
Major is corporate affairs director for
U.K.-based ForFarmers Group, the marketleading feed company in Europe. He is also
chairman of the Agricultural Industries ConMajor
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technical secretariat of the FEFAC-led Product Environmental
Footprint pilot on feed in the context of the European Commission initiative for a single market of green products.
"I look forward to representing the interests of European Feed
Manufacturers and build further on the foundations laid by the
FEFAC Vision 2030," Major said. "Safety and competitiveness

of the livestock production chain, to which the feed industry is
the most important input industry, remain the shared top priorities
across the European continent for the years to come."
Major replaces Ruud Tijssens, who had served as FEFAC's
president since 2013. FEFAC also elected a new executive committee, all of whom carry the title of vice-president:
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Alberto Allodi, Assalzoo, Italy
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France
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Christina De Sousa, Raporal, IACA, Portugal
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Dr. Anton Einberger, Trouw Nutrition, DVT, Germany
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Witold Obidizinski, De Heus, IZBA, Poland
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Zoltan Pulay, UBM Feed Kft, HGFA, Hungary
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Patrick Vanden Avenne, Vanden Avenne Group, APFACA/
BEMEFA, Belgium.

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