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James R. Spicola has been elected
president of Cargill, Inc. He succeeds M.D. (Pete) McVay, who has
retired after seven years as president and 44 years with Cargill.
Spicola, 54, has been an executive vice-president since 1981, responsible for the company's milling, oilseed processing and industrial operations. He was elected to
Cargill's board of directors in 1973.
Spicola will join Whitney MacMillan, Cargill chairman, and W.B.
Saunders, vice-chairman, as a member of the office of the chairman.
McVay, a Cargill director since
1969, played a significant role in
Cargill's development into a major
oilseed processor. He also focused his
expertise on maize and flour milling,
feed and food operations, beef processing, steel manufacturing, chemical products and financial services.
Also at Cargill, three senior executives have been elected to the board
of directors: John P. Cole, group vicepresident, trading; James A. Howard,
group vice-president, commodity
marketing; and Gerald M. Mitchell,
group vice-president, milling.

ment will double cargo capacity at the Port of Vancouver. A
C$40-million redevelopment of
the 70-year-old Vallantyne Pier
will improve its cargo facility as
well. The Lynnterm and Vanterm
terminals each will receive C$6
million to increase storage capacity, while Centerm will undergo a
C$9 million expansion. The funding is part of a program to keep
Vancouver competitive with ports
in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland.
Ranking No. 4 in foreign shipping in North America, the port
still hopes to be No. 1. "Our objective is to create the largest and most
efficient port in the Americas," said
Ron Longstaffe, Vancouver Port
Corp. chairman. "That's the goal."

The government of the Republic
of Malta has awarded a contract for
the construction of the Kordin Grain
Terminal to Bühler-Miag Ltd.,
Braunschweig, Federal Republic of
Germany. Bühler-Miag has formed
a consortium with the Maltese companies Malta Shipbuilding Company and Panta Lesco.
The terminal, which will be a completely new construction, is located
at Grand Harbor, the natural deepsea harbor on the Isle of Malta. This
harbor allows the unloading of oceangoing vessels of up to 80,000 dwt.

With the recent announcement of
the election of Donald L. Staheli to
chairman and chief executive officer and Paul Fribourg to president
and chief operating officer, Continental Grain Co. announced more
changes to its senior management.
Dale Larson continues as president, milling, and reports to Fribourg. Larson assumes additional
marketing responsibilities within
the marketing group. Paul Canter,
senior vice-president of marketing
for the group, reports to Larson.
Vart Adjemian, executive vicepresident, commodity marketing,
assumes responsibilities for group
activities in the Americas. Poul
Schroeder was elected executive
vice-president, commodity marketing, with responsibilities for
Europe, the Middle East, Africa
and the Far East. He previously
was president of Finagrain, and
general manager of Continental
Grain's international merchandising center in Geneva, Switzerland.

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A new C$224-million terminal at the Roberts Bank develop-

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) named Joel New-

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man its new chief executive officer
and president. Newman succeeds
David A. Bossman, who announced
his retirement plans last September.
Newman was the unanimous
recommendation of an industry
search committee. Newman becomes only the eighth president in
AFIA's 95-year history.
Newman brings more than 30
years of diverse agribusiness experience to the AFIA. This includes
four years with
United Cooperative Farmers, six
years with Maple
Leaf Foods and
23 years with
Agway, Inc.
China's largest
Newman
flour producer,
the Wudeli Flour Mill Group, said
it plans to invest more than $18.1
million in building a flour mill with
a production capacity of 700,000
tonnes per annum in Zhoukou City,
Henan province in central China.
The first stage of the project is
scheduled for completion by May
2005, when the mill will have a
daily processing capacity of 1,000
tonnes of wheat. The mill is expected to have full capacity by
2006, bringing the group's daily
output to 10,000 tonnes.
World Grain has announced the
appointment of Meyer Sosland as
managing editor. He succeeds Emily Buckley who leaves to pursue
other interests.
Sosland joins World Grain from
its sister publication, Milling &
Baking News, where he worked
as an assistant editor since joining the company in 2002. Other
prior experiences include working
for Aether Systems and the office of United States Representative Karen McCarthy. In 2001, he
graduated from Clark University,
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.,
with a Bachelor of Arts in history.

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