STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, John Schmitz, state and attest that:

         1)       To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
                  covered reports of Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives, and,
                  except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
                  report:

                  o        no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact as of the end of the period covered by
                           such report (or in the case of a report of Form 8-K
                           or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
                           which it was filed); and

                  o        no covered report omitted to state material fact
                           necessary to make the statements in the covered
                           report, in light of the circumstances under which
                           they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
                           period covered by such report (or in the case of a
                           report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
                           of the date on which it was filed).

         2)       I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Cenex
                  Harvest Sates Cooperatives audit committee.

         3)       In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
                  on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
                  report":

                  o        August 31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cenex
                           Harvest States Cooperatives;

                  o        all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
                           all definitive proxy materials of Cenex Harvest
                           States Cooperatives filed with the Commission
                           subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
                           above; and

                  o        any amendments to any of the foregoing.



  /s/ John Schmitz                        Subscribed and sworn to before me this
----------------------------              19th day of November 2002
John Schmitz
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer



11/19/2002  Date                          /s/ Nanci L. Lilja
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Notary Public

                                          My Commission Expires:

                                                 1/31/05