John A. Griffith

American Italian Pasta Co. produces and markets branded and private label dry pasta in North America with brands. The company was founded by Richard C. Thompson in 1986 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Inc. operates as a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO). It offers hard red spring wheat futures and options, agricultural index futures and options, and spikes futures. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

CHS, Inc. is an integrated agricultural company, which engages in the provision of grains, food, and energy resources to businesses and consumers on a global basis. It operates through the following business segments: Energy, Ag, Nitrogen Production and Corporate and Other. The Energy segment produces and provides primarily for the wholesale distribution of petroleum products and transportation of products. The Ag segment purchases and further processes or resells grains and oilseeds originated by the country operations business. The Nitrogen Production segment consists solely of equity method investment in CF Nitrogen. The Corporate and Other represents financing and hedging businesses, which primarily consists of commodities hedging, financial services related to crop production, and insurance. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, MN.

TreeHouse Private Brands, Inc. manufactures, distributes and markets cereal products and snacks. It offers private-brand food products, post brand ready-to-eat cereal products and other regional and value-brand food products in the grocery, mass merchandise, drugstore, and foodservice channels. The company was founded on October 23, 1996 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Part of CHS, Inc., CHS Hedging LLC is a company that provides commodity brokerage services. The company is based in Inver Grove Heights, MN.