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Conference addresses topics from fertilizer, agriculture and protein, to retail distribution companies and supermarkets
NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire - May 14, 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 contacting Martha McInnis at 212.702.1992 or martha.mcinnis@bmo.com.
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.
Please contact
Martha McInnis
212.702.1992
martha.mcinnis@bmo.com