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86ÀRXUPLOOZLWKDGDLO\FDSDFity of 91 tonnes near Pocatello,
$ÀRXUPLOOLQ*HRUJHWRZQ*X\- Idaho, U.S.
ana, that has been closed for four
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ment to obtain U.S. wheat for the
7KH SURMHFW UHSUHVHQWV WKH HQmill, according to the mill's owner, WU\IRU.RFKLQWRWKHÀRXUPLOOLQJ
Hamilton, Bermuda-based Seaboard business. Koch Agriculture is part
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of Koch Industries, Inc., the sec)RUHLJQ H[FKDQJH GLI¿FXOWLHV LQ ond-largest privately held comobtaining wheat prompted the clos- pany in the United States.
ing of the mill in 1982. The plant,
"Koch Agriculture feels forwhich opened in 1968, has a daily tunate to align itself with such a
capacity of approximately 200 quality partner in an effort to imtonnes and a wheat storage capacity prove our overall agriculture busiof 8,000 tonnes.
ness and ability to meet the everThe mill is in the process of be- changing needs of our customing rehabilitated. The limited staff, ers," said Dean Watson, president
which was maintained while the of Koch Agriculture. "We expect
mill was closed, will be expanded great things from the relationship
to about 60 persons when the mill is and look forward to expanding
fully operational.
our business, both domestically
6HDERDUG 2YHUVHDV /WG DOVR and internationally, with Fisher
RZQVÀRXUPLOOVLQ(FXDGRU1LJH- Mills."
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Goodman Fielder, the largest
Australian food company formed in
the past year as a result of a merger,
has acquired the 14.6% share in
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by S&W Berisford.
RHM ranks among Britain's largHVW EUHDG EDNHUV DQG ÀRXU PLOOHUV
and is prominent in food manufacturing.
Goodman Fielder is Australia's
ODUJHVWÀRXUPLOOHUDQGEDNLQJFRPpany and is a leading vegetable oil
processor. It was formed as a result
of a merger early this year of two
Australian companies - Fielder,
Gillespie Davis and Allied Mills,
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mill currently under construction
to 635 tonnes.
Satake USA, Inc., Houston, the
designer and equipment supplier
for the mill, said the additional
unit, with a capacity of about 180
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company's PeriTec System for
debranning the wheat before the
milling process.
The original 455-tonne mill is
set to be operational in January
1997 and the additional capacity
will be started up around April 1.

2006
Horizon Milling GP, a partnership
formed by Cargill and CHS Inc.,
announced Sept. 25 that it has completed an agreement to purchase
the Canadian grain-based food service and industrial businesses from
Smucker Foods of Canada Co., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of The
J.M. Smucker Co.
The Canadian business includes
three milling operations in Montreal, Quebec; Port Colborne, Ontario;
and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada, along with a development
center and new Horizon Milling GP
company headquarters in Rexdale,
Ontario, Canada.

The World Trade Organization
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to act on biotechnology approvals
was in effect a moratorium on biotech products.
Garry A. Pistoria, left, president of Amber
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Milling Co., and John Johnston, president
states to eliminate national bans on
of Harvest States Cooperatives, Amber's
products already approved by the
parent company, at the late-1995
(8 )UDQFH *HUPDQ\ /X[HPgroundbreaking for the new flour mill in
bourg, Austria, Italy and Greece
Houston, Texas, U.S.
1996
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Amber Milling Co., the seventh SURGXFWV EXW GLG QRW SURYLGH VXI¿Fisher Mills, Inc., Seattle, ODUJHVW ÀRXU PLOOHU LQ WKH 8QLWHG FLHQWVFLHQWL¿FHYLGHQFHRIULVNVWR
Washington, U.S., and Koch Ag- States, has announced plans to either people or the environment.
riculture, Wichita, Kansas, U.S., increase the daily capacity of its
The case was brought by the U.S.,
ZLOO MRLQ IRUFHV WR EXLOG D QHZ QHZ +RXVWRQ 7H[DV 86 ÀRXU Canada and Argentina in 2003.
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