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Message


             from Kyle






        Welcome to the inaugural edition     and variable quality, we’ll have    As you’re aware, we recently
        of BungeConnect Canada, one of       to continue working hard to find    launched our 11th annual calendar
        several channels we use across our   marketing opportunities for our     campaign with STARS to support
        regional business to share what’s    customers over the coming months.   its critical life-saving service. We’ve
        going on in our industry and to      This is especially true in today’s   worked with STARS since 2015, and
        recognize the achievements of our    marketing environment, where        through our continued partnership,
        team. This edition is full of great   we continue to see increased       we’re directly contributing to their
        examples of the great things we’re   uncertainty from events such as     success and helping them tell their
        doing to serve our customers,        China’s 100% tariff on Canadian     inspirational stories. We’re off to a
        support our communities, and         peas, canola oil, and canola meal,   great start in this year’s campaign,
        build on our leadership position     as well as a 76% tariff on Canadian   and I encourage those of you
        with our industry. I encourage you   canola seed. The situation          working at our country locations
        to share your story ideas with us    continues to evolve, but we are     to continue promoting calendar
        for inclusion in future editions by   hopeful that a resolution will be   and merchandise sales with our
        reaching out to us at bunge.canada.  arrived at soon. In the meantime,   customers.
        communications@bunge.com.            as a company we continue to work    I sincerely appreciate your
        From a harvest perspective, we’re    very closely with our industry      contributions to our company,
        over 90% complete in Western         associations and directly with      as one team working together to
        Canada. At this time, we’re          various levels of government to     achieve our objectives. Together,
        projecting this year’s crop will     support their negotiations.         we’re helping our farmers, food
        be one of our biggest in recent      In terms of business highlights,    companies, and other end users
        memory at over 90 million metric     we’re pleased to have signed        feed the world and that’s something
        tonnes, well above our five-year     an agreement with North West        in which we should all take pride.
        average of about 75 million tonnes.   Terminal to acquire its grain      Thanks, and stay safe.
        In Eastern Canada we’re about        elevator assets. With a storage
        40% complete, with a favourable      capacity of 63,000 MT, it’s one of   Kyle
        harvest forecast ahead. Despite      the largest grain handling facilities
        considerable yield variability, we   in Western Canada, and we look
        are projecting this year’s total     forward to integrating this efficient,
        production to be nearly 22 million   high throughput facility into
        tonnes, slightly below our 5-year    our industry leading grain asset
        average. Given the large size        network.




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