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ConAgra Flour Milling Co.
Daily capacity of the mill eventually will be expanded to 900 tonnes
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The mill will be built and equipped
by Bühler Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

The Canadian Wheat Board
(CWB) said it has shipped 621,000
The European Feed Manufacturtonnes of western Canadian wheat
ers Federation (FEFAC) recently
and durum through the Port of
re-elected Brian Rutherford to serve
Churchill this year - the highest
as president for the two-year term
volume since 1977.
beginning this year.
"This has been one of the best
L. Maselis also was re-elected as
years for Churchill in recent memoYLFHSUHVLGHQWRI)()$&+HLVWKH
Molinera de Mexico, a joint ven- ry," CWB Chair Ken Ritter said on
managing director of S.A. Maselis ture between Gruma S.A. de C.V. of Nov. 5 at a news conference with
Freres. Francesco Ferrari, president Mexico and Archer Daniels Midland OmniTRAX, owners of the port and
of the Italian Compounders' Associ- Co., Decatur, Illinois, U.S., has ac- rail line. "The CWB is proud to have
ation, was chosen as president-elect TXLUHGWZRZKHDWÀRXUPLOOV²+DUL- played an important role in its success
for 1989-91.
QHUD0RQFORYD6$DQG+DULQHUDGH by pushing use of Churchill to the
6DOWLOOR6$ZKLFKDUHDI¿OLDWHGZLWK maximum for our wheat exports."
Ocrim S.p.A., Cremona, Italy, each other - in Saltillo and MonIn 1977, there were 729,183
will construct Mill B, Mill C, and clova, Coahuila, according to Gruma. tonnes of CWB grain shipped out
a feed mill for Red Flour Mills in
The mills have combined annual of Churchill - mainly to the Soviet
North Yemen. The new commis- capacity of 45,000 tonnes and "guar- Union. This year, the CWB maxision consists of metal buildings, antee an important client and obtain PL]HGLWVXVHRIWKHSRUWE\¿OOLQJ
¿YH 730 PRELOH SQHXPDWLF VKLS access to the market in the Mexican- ships with grain bound for customunloading conveyors with a total 3DFL¿FUHJLRQ´*UXPDVDLG
ers in Brazil, Italy and Africa. CWB
capacity of 400 tonnes per hour, a
Molinera also acquired a wheat shipments comprised 100% of the
64,000-tonne grain silo, two soft ÀRXU PLOO IURP *UXSR *DPHVD D grain shipped through Churchill in
wheat mills with a total capacity of division of PepsiCo Inc., that is DQGRIDOOWUDI¿F
1,400 tonnes, a 15-tph bran pellet- Mexico's largest cookie and cracker
ing installation and a fully comput- FRPSDQ\DQGLWVVHFRQGODUJHVWÀRXU
The Brazilian Wheat Industry
erized 4-tph feed mill.
miller. The mill, in Cuidad Obregon, Association (Abitrigo) will take up
These new installations are 6LQDORD RQ WKH 3DFL¿F FRDVW KDV judicial action against the Argentine
scheduled to begin operation in the annual capacity of 171,000 tonnes. government in an attempt to reverse
spring of 1989. The existing milling Molinera also entered an agreement actions that raised surcharges on
complex will be increased to a daily to supply 40% of Gamesa's wheat wheat exports from 20% to 28%
capacity of 2,000 tonnes, the feed ÀRXUUHTXLUHPHQWV
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mill to 960 tonnes and the grain siAbitrigo alleges that the measure
los to 80,000 tonnes.
2007
undermines the competitiveness of
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1997
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"By the principals of the MercoCritch on Nov. 15 announced that sur, the trade in products between the
ConAgra Flour Milling Co. an- he will not seek re-election to the countries of the bloc is exempt from
nounced in early October plans to board at the completion of his tariffs, so the measure is illegal,"
EXLOG D QHZ ÀRXU PLOO LQ 6RXWKHUQ term in 2008. Critch has served said Luiz Martins, president of the
California. While the exact site of DV GLUHFWRU RI &%+ *URXS IRU Abitrigo Deliberative Council and
WKHPLOOKDV\HWWREH¿QDOL]HGWKH years, and the last two years as also of the Wheat Industries Syndicompany said the facility would be chairman. Critch said it was a cate of Sao Paulo State.
completed by the summer of 1999.
decision he had not made lightly,
The representatives of Abitrigo
"We believe the growth in popu- particularly given the challenges also asked the Brazilian government
lation and consumption of wheat- the industry is facing.
to apply compensatory measures to
based products presents a sub&ULWFK¶V WHUP DV D &%+ *URXS EDU WKHLPSRUWRI ZKHDWÀRXU IURP
VWDQWLDO RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU RXU ÀRXU director will expire at the Annual that country.
business, and we want to meet the General Meeting on April 2, 2008.
"The actions of the Argentine
increasing demand with a modern, +H ZLOO UHPDLQ FKDLUPDQ RI WKH government distort the wheat martechnologically advanced mill," &%+*URXSIRUWKHGXUDWLRQRIKLV ket," said Lawrence Pih, president
said Darek Nowakowski, president, term as director.
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