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NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire - May 7, 2012) - BMO Capital Markets (BMOCM), the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), will hold its annual Farm-to-Market investor conference on May 15 and 16 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

This two-day event will bring together senior executives from leading agriculture, fertilizer, and food retail companies, providing an in-depth look at each sector and a global perspective on the challenges and opportunities ahead for related industries. The conference will be hosted by the following BMO Capital Markets analysts:

• Ken Zaslow, Food
• Joel Jackson, Fertilizer
• Amit Sharma, Food & Beverage
• Karen Short, Food Retailing

Media are invited to attend the keynote presentations by Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group, on May 15, and Mike Schlotman, SVP & Chief Financial Officer, Kroger (KR), on May 16.

Nearly 70 senior executives from leading agriculture, fertilizer, food and retail companies will participate including:

Agrium (AGU)	LSB Industries (LXU)**
AJC International (Private)	Maple Leaf Foods (MFI)
Allana Potash (AAA)	MBAC Fertilizer (MBC)
Americas Petrogas/GrowMax (BOE)**	Migao (MGO)
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)	Mosaic (MOS)**
Aurora Organic Dairy (Private)
Bachoco (IBA)**	Park City Group (Private)
Bunge (BG)	Performance Food Group (Private)
Burcon Nutrascience (BUR)**	PhosAgro (PHOR)
Carolina Beverage (Private)	Pilgrim's Pride (PPC)
CF Industries (CF)	Plains Creek Phosphate (PCP)**
Compass Minerals (CMP)	PotashCorp (POT)
Core-Mark (CORE)**	Prospect Global Resources (PGRX)
Country Pure Foods (Private)	Rahr Malting (Private)
CVR Partners (UAN)	Rentech Nitrogen (RNF)
Darling International (DAR)	Sanderson Farms (SAFM)
Elemental Minerals (ELM)	Sanimax Group (Private)
EPM Mining Ventures (EPK)**	Simmons Foods (Private)
EuroChem (Private)	Sirius Minerals (SXX)**
Fieldale Farms (Private)	Smithfield Foods (SFD)
Fieldbrook Foods (Private)	Stonegate Agricom (ST)
Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE)	SUPERVALU (SVU)
Hain Celestial (HAIN)	Susser Holdings (SUSS)**
Hanfeng Evergeen (HF)	The Andersons (ANDE)
Hearthside Food Solutions (Private)	The Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF)
House of Raeford (Private)	The Fresh Market (TFM)
IC Potash (ICP)**	Tyson (TSN)
ICL (ICL)	United Natural Foods (UNFI)
IFFCO (Private)	Uralkali (URKA)
Intrepid Potash (IPI)	Valley Proteins (Private)
JBS (JBSS3)	Verde Potash (NPK)
K+S (SDF)	Vitamin Shoppe (VSI)
Karnalyte Resources (KRN)	Western Potash (WPX)
Kroger (KR)
Agrium (AGU)	LSB Industries (LXU)**

Media Registration at the Conference:

Media can register for the conference directly by clicking here.

About BMO Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider, with 2,300 employees operating in 17 North American offices and 30 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$537 billion total assets and more than 47,000 employees as at January 31, 2012.