The Toro Company (TTC) S-8 POS Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)

EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, each being a member of the Board of Directors of The Toro Company, a Delaware corporation, do hereby make, nominate and appoint each of MICHAEL J. HOFFMAN AND TIMOTHY P. DORDELL, signing singly, to be his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to sign his or her name to a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan (Registration Nos. 333-151086, 333-135033, 333-89262 and 333-39052) (the “Registration Statement”), and any and all additional amendments thereto (including without limitation additional post-effective amendments to register or de-register shares), provided that the Registration Statement, in final form, be approved by said attorney-in-fact; and his name, when thus signed, shall have the same force and effect as though I had manually signed said document or documents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 19th day of May, 2015.

Signature

/s/    Robert C. Buhrmaster        

Robert C. Buhrmaster

/s/    Janet K. Cooper        

Janet K. Cooper

/s/    Gary L. Ellis        

Gary L. Ellis

/s/    Jeffrey M. Ettinger        

Jeffrey M. Ettinger

/s/    Katherine J. Harless        

Katherine J. Harless

/s/    James C. O’Rourke        

James C. O’Rourke

/s/    Gregg W. Steinhafel        

Gregg W. Steinhafel

/s/    Christopher A. Twomey        

Christopher A. Twomey