UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) OFof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~THE~~Date ~~SECURITIES~~of ~~EXCHANGE~~Report ~~ACT~~(Date OFof ~~1934~~earliest event reported): December 27, 2011

~~Date~~MINN-DAK ofFARMERS ~~Report (date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2011~~COOPERATIVE

~~Minn-Dak~~(Exact ~~Farmers~~name ~~Cooperative~~of Registrant as specified in its charter)

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

North Dakota	33-94644	23-7222188
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)


7525 Red River Road
Wahpeton, North Dakota		58075
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

~~North~~Registrant’s ~~Dakota~~telephone number, including area code: (701) 642-8411

~~(State~~Check Orthe ~~Other~~appropriate ~~Jurisdiction~~box Ofbelow ~~Incorporation)~~if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

33-94644	23-7222188
(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7525 Red River Road Wahpeton, ND	58075
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

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~~Items~~On ~~under~~December ~~Sections~~27, 12011 ~~through~~Minn-Dak 4Farmers ~~and~~Cooperative 6(“the ~~through~~Company”) 9amended ~~are~~and ~~not~~restated ~~applicable~~its ~~and~~Revolving ~~therefore~~Credit ~~omitted~~Supplement with its primary lender CoBank (“the Bank”), extending the Credit Supplement through December 31, 2012. Changes to the loan agreement include the following:

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

	•	The Revolving Credit Supplement will remain at $65.0 million through December 31, 2012.
	•	The Non-Revolving Credit Supplements of $9.1 million and $19.8 million associated with Letter of Credits will be extended for a period of one year at their renewal dates in 2012.

On December 19, 2011, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative (the “Company”) appointed Richard J. Kasper as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kasper succeeds Steven M. Caspers, who on December 19, 2011 resigned as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Caspers will continue as an employee of the Company in a non-executive officer capacity to provide transition services and will retire effective April 10, 2012. Also on December 19, 2011, the Company redefined the duties of the Chief Financial Officer position so that it will include the duties of both the “principal financial officer” and the “principal accounting officer” as those terms are defined under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The principal accounting officer duties previously had been fulfilled by the Company’s Controller, which is a non-executive officer position as of December 19, 2011.SIGNATURE

~~Prior~~Pursuant to ~~joining~~ the ~~Company,~~requirements ~~Mr.~~of ~~Kasper,~~the ~~age 53, had been employed~~Securities byExchange ~~Global~~Act ~~Electric~~of ~~Motorcars (“GEM”) since 1999~~1934, ~~both~~the ~~when~~registrant ithas ~~was~~duly ~~Chrysler~~caused ~~Group~~this ~~Global~~report ~~Electric~~to ~~Motorcars~~be ~~LLC~~signed ~~and when~~on ~~that~~its ~~company~~behalf ~~was acquired in June 2011~~ by Polaris and became Global Electric Motorcars by Polaris. Mr. Kasper most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer for GEM beginning in October 2002. As President and Chief Operating Officer for GEM, Mr. Kasper was directly responsible for GEM’s business operation including leading the ~~sales and marketing~~undersigned, ~~service and~~thereunto ~~warranty, engineering, manufacturing, quality control, procurement, legal and regulatory, financial, information technologies,~~duly ~~human resources, logistics and information services departments and had nine direct reports~~authorized. From May 1999 to October 2002, Mr. Kasper was GEM’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In that role, Mr. Kasper was directly responsible for GEM’s financial, manufacturing, operations, information technologies, human resources, logistics and procurement departments. Mr. Kasper graduated in 1980 from Minnesota State University-Moorhead with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

Mr. Kasper’s annual base salary is $180,000 and he will be eligible for an annual discretionary individual performance bonus as determined by the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kasper is also eligible to participate in the Company’s benefit plans and programs, including its health, dental and vision insurance, the Company’s 401(k) plan and pension plan (after meeting the service requirement), and its non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Mr. Kasper’s employment with the Company is on an “at-will” basis.

	MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE


Dated: December 29, 2011	By	/S/ David H. Roche
		David H. Roche
		President and Chief Executive Officer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE By: /s/ David H. Roche David H. Roche President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: December 23, 2011

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