Horizon Milling to invest in Saginaw facility

Horizon Milling to invest in Saginaw facility

New milling units, additional enhancements underscore vision of 'Building on
Trust, Nourishing Potential? and commitment to serve local community and
southwest U.S. customers

SAGINAW, Texas - April 30, 2012 - Horizon Milling announced today that it will
invest in its Saginaw flour milling facility, the largest flour mill in Texas,
to enhance milling efficiencies and capabilities. Pending the receipt of all
civil and regulatory approvals, the project is slated to begin this summer and
be completed in summer 2013. Employees celebrated the internal kick-off of the
project with a ceremonial 'shovel dig' on April 26. That afternoon, the Horizon
Milling leadership team marked the occasion by participating in a local Habitat
for Humanity project.

According to Dan Dye, Horizon Milling president, the project underscores
Horizon Milling's commitment to building a long-term future in Saginaw. 'This
will be the largest facility project in Horizon Milling history to date,' said
Dye. 'This facility upgrade and modernization will enable us to improve our
efficiencies and capabilities as we serve a growing market in the U.S.
southwest.'

New milling units, additional enhancements underscore vision of 'Building on
Trust, Nourishing Potential? and commitment to serve local community and
southwest U.S. customers.The project includes the replacement of two existing
hard wheat milling units with two new, state-of-the-art units, thereby
increasing milling efficiencies and capabilities. A new processing building
will be constructed to house the new milling equipment, which includes the
latest in technology, automation and process controls. To make room for this
new addition, there will be some demolition and relocation of existing
structures, expected to begin in June 2012.

In addition, the project will expand flour storage space by 8,000 cwts,
increase temper storage by 10,000 bushels, and add an additional storage bin
for wheat midds. Cleaning house equipment also will be upgraded.

'Our Saginaw mill helps serve Dallas/Fort Worth, the fourth most populated
metropolitan area in the United States,' said Jon Cozad, facility manager. 'As
our customers' businesses grow, we want to grow with them and contribute to
their success. Our whole team is really enthusiastic about this project.' Cozad
added there will be no interruption of supplies to customers during the
project.







Contact
Lori Fligge, 952-742-2275, lori_fligge@cargill.com




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About Horizon Milling, LLC

A leading U.S. flour miller, Horizon Milling, LLC is a joint venture between
CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) and Cargill, Incorporated. Horizon Milling combines
the expertise of a global food ingredients manufacturer with the supply
assurance capabilities of a national, farmer-owned cooperative to provide
customers with innovative, flour-related product and service solutions. For
more information, visit www.horizonmilling.com.