Exhibit 10.5
THIRD AMENDMENT
OF
CHS INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
     WHEREAS, CHS Inc. (the “Company”) has heretofore established and maintains
a nonqualified deferred compensation plan which is embodied in a document
effective December 30, 2004 and entitled “CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan,
Master Plan Document, as amended by two amendments (collectively, the “Plan
document”);
     WHEREAS, since January 1, 2005, the Company has operated the Plan in
compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, based upon a good
faith interpretation of Section 409A and the notices, regulations and other
guidance issued thereunder;
     WHEREAS, the Company has reserved to itself the power to make further
amendments of the Plan document.
     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan document is hereby amended as follows:
1. CHANGE IN CONTROL DEFINED. Effective for plan years beginning on or after
January 1, 2009, Section 1.10 is amended to read in full as follows:

  1.10.   “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of a “change in the
ownership,” “change in effective control,” and/or a “change in the ownership of
a substantial portion of the assets,” as defined under Treasury Regulation §
1.409A-3(i)(5), of the Affected Corporation. For this purpose, the Affected
Corporation is the Participant’s Employer, or any corporation (including the
Company) in a chain of corporations in which each corporation is a majority
shareholder of another corporation in the chain, ending with the Participant’s
Employer. A “majority shareholder” is a shareholder owning more than 50 percent
of the total fair market value and total voting power of such corporation.

2. USE OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Effective for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 2009, Section 1.36 is amended to read in full as follows:

  1.36.   “Retirement”, “Retire(s)” or “Retired” shall mean, with respect to an
Employee, Termination of Employment from all Employers for any reason other than
a leave of absence, death or Disability on or after the earlier of the
attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or (b) age fifty-five (55) with ten
(10) Years of Service; and shall mean with respect to a Director who is not an
Employee, Termination of Employment as a Director with all Employers on or after
the attainment of age sixty (60).

3. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT DEFINED. Effective for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 2009, Section 1.41 is amended to read in full as follows:

  1.41   “Termination of Employment” shall mean the separation from service
(within the meaning of Treas. Regs. § 1.409A-1(h)) with the Company Controlled
Group, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement,
Disability or death. Whether a separation from service has occurred is
determined under Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h) (i.e.,
whether the facts and circumstances indicate that

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      the Employer and the employee reasonably anticipated that no further
services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide
services the employee would perform after such date (whether as an employee or
independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty
percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as
an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding
thirty-six (36) month period (or the full period of services to the employer if
the employee has been providing services to the employer less than thirty-six
(36) months)). Separation from service shall not be deemed to occur while the
employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if
the period does not exceed six (6) months or, if longer, so long as the employee
retains a right to reemployment with any member of the Company Controlled Group
under an applicable statute or by contract. For this purpose, a leave is bona
fide only if, and so long as, there is a reasonable expectation that the
employee will return to perform services for any member of the Company
Controlled Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a twenty-nine (29) month period
of absence will be substituted for such six (6) month period if the leave is due
to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of no less
than six (6) months and that causes the employee to be unable to perform the
duties of his or her position of employment. For this purpose, the “Company
Controlled Group” is the Participant’s Employer and all persons with whom the
Employer would be considered a single employer under Code sections 414(b) and
414(c); provided that, in applying Code sections 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3) for
purposes of determining a controlled group of corporations under Code section
414(b), the language “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least
80 percent” each place it appears therein, and in applying Treas. Regs. §
1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under
common control for purposes of Code section 414(c), “at least 50 percent” shall
be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears therein. If a
Participant is both an Employee and a Director, a Termination of Employment
shall occur only upon the termination of the last position held.

4. MID-YEAR ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS. Effective for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 2009, Section 2.2(b) is amended to read in full as follows:

  (b)   A Director or selected Employee who first becomes eligible to
participate in this Plan (and all other deferred compensation plans required to
be aggregated with the Plan under Code Section 409A) after the first day of a
Plan Year must complete these requirements within thirty (30) days after he or
she first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, or within such other
earlier deadline as may be established by the Committee, in its sole discretion,
in order to participate for that Plan Year. In such event, such person’s
participation in this Plan shall not commence earlier than the date determined
by the Committee pursuant to Section 2.2(c) and such person shall not be
permitted to defer under this Plan any portion of his or her Base Salary, Bonus
and/or Director Fees that are paid with respect to services performed prior to
his or her participation commencement date.

5. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY. Effective for plan years beginning on
or after January 1, 2009, Section 2.3 is amended to read in full as follows:

2.3   Termination of a Participant’s Eligibility. The Committee shall have the
right, in its sole discretion, to (i) terminate any deferral election the
Participant has made for the remainder of the

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    Plan Year in which the Committee makes such determination, (ii) prevent the
Participant from making future deferral elections, and/or (iii) take further
action that the Committee deems appropriate to the extent permitted under Code
Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Termination of
the Plan in accordance with Section 1.39, the termination of the affected
Participants’ eligibility for participation in the Plan shall not be governed by
this Section 2.3, but rather shall be governed by Section 1.39 and Section 12.1.
In the event that a Participant is no longer eligible to defer compensation
under this Plan, the Participant’s Account Balance shall continue to be governed
by the terms of this Plan until such time as the Participant’s Account Balance
is paid in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

6. DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. Effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1,
2009, Section 3.3(c) is amended to read in full as follows:

  (c)   Performance-Based Compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine that an irrevocable deferral
election pertaining to performance-based compensation may be made by timely
delivering a new Election Form to the Committee, in accordance with its rules
and procedures, no later than six (6) months before the end of the performance
service period, provided such compensation is not yet readily ascertainable.
“Performance-based compensation” shall be compensation based on services
performed over a period of at least twelve (12) months, in accordance with Code
Section 409A and related guidance.

7. MEASUREMENT FUNDS. Effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1,
2008, Section 3.9(a) is amended to read in full as follows:

  (a)   Measurement Funds. The Participant may elect one or more of the
measurement funds selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion, which are
based on investment options including, but not limited to, fixed interest
credits, notional mutual fund(s) or an investment index (the “Measurement
Funds”), for the purpose of crediting or debiting additional amounts to his or
her Account Balance. As necessary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund and such changes will take
effect as soon as practicable.

8. BENEFIT PAYMENTS. Effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1,
2009, the second sentence of the first paragraph of 6.2(a)(iv) shall be deleted.
9. DISABILITY BENEFIT PAYMENTS. Effective for plan years beginning on or after
January 1, 2009, the second sentence of the second paragraph of 8.2(a) shall be
deleted.
10. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY. Effective for plan years beginning
on or after January 1, 2009, Section 12.1 is amended to read in full as follows:
12.1 Termination of Plan. Although each Employer anticipates that it will
continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that
any Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time
in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right to Terminate the
Plan (as defined in Section 1.39). In the event of a Termination of the Plan,
the Measurement Funds available to Participants following the Termination of the
Plan shall be comparable in number and type to those Measurement Funds available
to Participants in the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the
Termination of the Plan is effective. Following a Termination of the Plan,
Participant Account Balances shall remain in the Plan until the Participant
becomes eligible for the benefits provided in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in
accordance with the provisions of those Articles. The Termination of the

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Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become
entitled to the payment of any benefits under the Plan as of the date of
termination. Provided, however, to the extent permissible under Code
Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations and guidance, including but not
limited to such guidance and Regulations as may be issued after the effective
date of this Plan, if there is a Termination of the Plan with respect to all
Participants, the Company may, in its discretion, amend the Plan to accelerate
the time and form of payments.
11. SAVINGS CLAUSE. Save and except as herein expressly amended, the Plan
Statement shall continue in full force and effect.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CHS Inc. has caused its name to be hereunto
subscribed on this 5th day of June, 2008.

            CHS INC.
      By:   -s- John D. Johnson [c27526c2752601.gif]       Its President and
CEO     

STATE OF MINNESOTA )
 )SS.
  COUNTY OF DAKOTA )
       On this 5th day of June, 2008, before me personally appeared John D.
Johnson to me personally known, who, being by me first duly sworn, did depose
and say that he is the President and CEO of CHS Inc., the corporation by
authority of its Board of Directors; and he acknowledged said instrument to be
the free act and deed of said corporation.

                  -s- Nanci L. Lilja [c27526c2752602.gif]      Notary           

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