Minister of Agriculture Dr. Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim opened here today the Saudi Agricultural Exhibition 2005 and the 24th International Exhibition for Agriculture, Irrigation and Agricultural Industries. As many as 150 Saudi agricultural companies and institutions and 350 international agricultural companies from Holland, Germany, Italy, Australia, Belgium, China, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Korea, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria and United Arab Emirates participated in the event.