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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997                           (202) 616-2771
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              CORRECTION--ANTITRUST PRESS RELEASE   


     The following are corrections relating to a Justice
Department antitrust press release issued today involving
Seminole Fertilizer Corporation (97-250):


--The press release stated that Seminole Fertilizer Corporation
was based in Bartow, Florida.  The company had a fertilizer
production facility in Bartow.  However, Seminole was
headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, before its assets were
sold in May 1993.

--The press release also stated that both Seminole Fertilizer
Corporation and Farmland Industries Inc. withdrew from the 1992
auction, leaving Norsk Hydro USA Inc. as the only bidder.  While
Seminole did withdraw from the auction, Farmland was not a bidder
at the auction and therefore did not withdraw from it.  However,
Norsk was bidding at the auction in its own name for the benefit
of a partnership the company has with Farmland.

     The Justice Department apologizes for the error.



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