▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁Category : B rit ish ▁robot ic ists ▁Category : Art ific ial ▁intelligence ▁research ers ▁Category : English ▁computer ▁scient ists ▁Category : Res earch ers ▁of ▁artificial ▁life <0x0A> </s> ▁Union ▁Agricult ure ▁Group ▁( U AG ) ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁agricult ural ▁company ▁operating ▁in ▁Uruguay ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁far ms ▁across ▁over ▁ 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁hect ares , ▁nearly ▁ 1 % ▁of ▁Uruguay ’ s ▁total ▁land ▁mass , ▁and ▁ 8 5 , 0 0 0 ▁heads ▁of ▁cattle . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁as ▁a ▁blue berry ▁far ming ▁business , ▁but ▁swift ly ▁divers ified ▁its ▁agricult ural ▁operations ▁into ▁rice , ▁so ya ▁bean ▁and ▁whe at ▁production , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁sheep ▁and ▁cattle ▁raising . ▁Through ▁its ▁subs idi aries , ▁U AG ▁is ▁a ▁fully ▁integrated ▁exp orter ▁of ▁high ▁quality ▁agricult ural ▁goods ▁with ▁operations ▁across ▁the ▁entire ▁agricult ural ▁value ▁chain , ▁from ▁production , ▁trad ing ▁and ▁log istics ▁to ▁processing ▁and ▁export ▁facilities . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁U AG ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁Monte video ▁Stock ▁Exchange ▁( B VM ), ▁the ▁first ▁IP O ▁in ▁Uruguay ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁To ▁date , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁company ▁to ▁list ▁on ▁the ▁exchange ▁and , ▁as ▁of ▁ 1 1 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4