The company's purpose is to trade in agricultural products and their upstream and downstream products. Furthermore, the company offers services related to agricultural products and promotes vocational training in Switzerland and abroad. The company is politically and denominationally neutral and promotes family-based, ecological and productive agriculture and its upstream and downstream industries. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide securities for the liabilities of affiliated companies.