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was previously manager of Cargill
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and die casting machines.
Netherlands, who had been president the last three years.
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AWB Limited, an international industry for 16 years. He began
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owned by Australian wheat grow- and now is a member of the board
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as Murray Rogers, the current CEO, Rovigo, Italy.
recently announced he would retire
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preparation for listing on the Aus- Port complex of a $100 million inteWUDOLDQ 6WRFN ([FKDQJH´ WKH$:% grated soybean processing plant -
Board said.
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AWB. Rogers was appointed man- City on the Thai Vai River. When
aging director of the Australian fully completed, the facility will
Wheat Board in June 1997 and be- have soybean crushing and multicame CEO in July 1999 when AW RLOUH¿QLQJERWWOLQJFDSDELOLWLHVDFbecame a public company.
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and entered into an agreement to lease
the Port of Houston Public Elevator.
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U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) announced on Dec. 21 that the organization recently conducted a seminar
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to introduce
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system to the country's Grain Silos
and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO). USW said the seminar was
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handling and commercial reliability.
Saudi Arabia has decided to end
domestic wheat production by 2016
and may eventually need to import more than 2.5 million tonnes
of wheat per year, USW said. The
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conserve water. USW said that as
of Dec. 17, Saudi Arabia had purchased almost 60,000 tonnes of
U.S. hard red winter wheat in marNHWLQJ\HDU

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