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1986
Fully meeting its own food needs
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top priority for the Soviet Union,
Mikhail
Gorbachev,
general
secretary of the Communist Party,
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Moscow in February.
In a series of commentaries
issued by the Soviet Embassy in
Washington, D.C., the Novosti
Press Agency said investment in
agriculture and related industries
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investments in the Soviet economy.
Jiln Province in China, one of
China's leading corn producing
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processing plants during the
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glucose, maltose, corn oil and nondairy creamers, and will be capable
of processing millions of tonnes of
corn a year.
Jiln Province has technology and
equipment import contracts with
companies in the U.S., Denmark
and Japan.

1996
Allied Mills Ltd. recently broke
ground on its new Coronet Flour
Mill in Manchester, U.K. The mill
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($160 million) capital investment
program approved last year by
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The Coronet mill will have a
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units. Each milling unit will have a
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Chevron Corporation, in charge of
the oil company's "downstream"
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marketing,
lubricant,
supply
and trading businesses in 180
countries.
Woertz becomes only the eighth
CEO in the 104-year history of
ADM.
After only three months on the
job, the acting chief executive
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"Mr.
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is expected to be completed in 1997. a brief statement to the Australian
Stock Exchange.
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meal, farina, rice, macaroni and allegations that the company
noodle products with folic acid, breached UN Sanctions by paying
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Salina, Kansas, U.S., announced its PLOOLRQEHWZHHQDQG
intention to incorporate folic acid
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Research is a supplier of essential port of Paranagua must open all
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chlorination services and micro ban on GMOs.
ingredient dispensing systems to the
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milling industry.
da Luz Palumbo said the port
During the summer of 1996, administration had only partially
Research will celebrate its 50th complied with an earlier injunction
anniversary.
that ordered Paranagua to allow
GMO soybean shipments.
2006
After port operators won a legal
battle in late March that suspended
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) the GMO ban at Paranagua, the port
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Patricia A. Woertz was selected as terminal to GMO soy exports, but
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(CEO) and member of the board soy through the port and limited
of directors, succeeding G. Allen the port infrastructure that could
Andreas, who remains as chairman be used for that purpose. Port
of the board.
operators and exporters returned
Prior to this appointment, Woertz to court and asked that the port be
was executive vice-president of the ordered to comply with the order.
Contractors and development executives
joined Ralph Richard, chairman of Allied
Mills Ltd., shown second from left in
foreground, at groundbreaking ceremonies
for Allied's new Coronet Flour Mill in
Manchester, U.K.

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