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1984
The acquisition by Cereal Food
Processors, Inc. of four mills from
ConAgra, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska,
in the western region of the United
States was completed April 26.
The acquisition boosts Cereal
Food Processors to sixth place in
capacity among flour millers in the
U.S. from its former rank of 10th place.
The mills involved are at Billings
and Great Falls, Montana, U.S., and
Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ocrim SpA, a milling engineering
company
headquartered
in
Cremona, Italy, will supply a
complex in China that includes a
flour mill, a grain silo, a flour silo
and a packing station. Pasquale
Vivolo, managing director, noted
that the contract was signed at the
Ocrim's headquarters on March 8.
The mill, which will be located
in Beijing, will have a daily grind
capacity of 220 tonnes of wheat.
The targeted start up for the mill is
the second half of 1985.
Dr. Abdul Rahman al-Sheikh,
Minister of Agriculture and Water
of Saudi Arabia, has estimated
wheat production this year
for his country will reach 1.3
million tonnes, nearly double
last year's level of 740,478
tonnes and more than five times
1982's output of 250,000 tonnes.
These results would indicate that
the government's goal of selfsufficiency in wheat will be attained
with a small surplus for export.
The tremendous boost in
production was made possible
by the government guaranteeing
farmers a price of SR 3.50 ($1) per
kg as opposed to the world market
price of about SR .68 (20¢) per
kg (cost, insurance and freight)
at Saudi ports. The government
also has ensured farmers access to
low-interest or interest-free loans

and subsidizes purchases of vital
inputs such as seed, feed, fertilizer
and equipment.
Average yields of wheat are
around five tonnes per hectare,
comparable with those of the
European Community and above
levels achieved in North America.
Some of the best Saudi Arabian
farms have produced up to 7.4
tonnes per hectare.

Exporter of the Year.
Each
year
the
Missouri
Department
of
Agriculture
recognizes a Missouri firm that
has shown success in overseas
marketing strategies and has
shown a strong commitment to
international marketing and growth
within the industry.

1994

Monsanto Co. has formally
withdrawn
all
regulatory
submissions outside the United
States for the approval of Roundup
Ready wheat. The move follows
the company's May announcement
that it had halted development
work on its bioengineered
wheat program.
Monsanto has asked the
Food and Drug Administration
to complete its consultaion to
confirm the food and feed safety
of Roundup Ready wheat, but that
is the only application for review
that Monsanto has not withdrawn.
"This action is supported by the
wheat and food industry, and
the submission is technically
complete,
requiring
minimal
agency resources to complete," the
company said.

Cargill Inc. recently recommended
to its shareholders and board of
directors that Whitney MacMillan
be re-elected as chairman and chief
executive officer and that Ernest
S. Micek be elected president and
chief operating officer.
The board's recommendations
have been viewed by industry
observers as placing Micek in
position to succeed MacMillan
as chairman and chief executive
officer. MacMillan is set to retire
next year at 65. He has been chief
executive of Cargill for 17 years
and is the great-grandson of W.W.
Cargill, founder of the company.
Micek has been president of
Cargill's Food Sector since 1992.
He was named an executive vicepresident and elected to the board
in June 1993. David W. Raisbeck,
president of Cargill's Trading Sector
since June 1993, has been nominated
to the board seat to be vacated by
Micek's anticipated election.
Micek has been with Cargill
since 1959 after receiving a degree
in chemical engineering from the
University of Wisconsin. He has
held management positions in the
U.S. and Spain and is a former
chairman of the Corn Refiners
Association.
Tapco, Inc., which sells buckets
and bolts for use in agricultural and
industrial elevators, was recently
named Missouri's Agricultural

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2004

Malaysia-based FFM Berhad is
expanding its flour milling activities
into Thailand with the purchase of
a 43% interest in Kerry-Glory Flour
Mills Co. Ltd. from Rednor Ltd.
and Kerry-Glory Holdings Inc.
FFM is part of the Kuok Group
of Companies, which operates in
Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong,
China, Australia and other parts
of the world. The FFM Group is a
dominant player in the Malaysian
wheat flour industry and a major
player in feed manufacturing, palm
oil refining, industrial packaging,
poultry and commodities trading.
Kerry-Glory Flour Mills operates
a flour mill and 14 silos in Thailand.

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