Cargill Selling Out of the Cattle Feedlot Business – DTN
Cargill is getting out of the cattle-feeding business by selling feedlots in Kansas and Colorado to Omaha-based Green Plains Inc., according to announcements from both companies Wednesday. The $36.7...
View ArticleCargill Boosts Soybean-Based Plastics Footprint By Purchasing Arkansas Company
Cargill has bolstered its biobased polyol product offerings by purchasing Rogers Arkansas-based BioBased Technologies’ vegetable-based polyol product line, Agrol, and other assets. Cargill’s Industrial...
View ArticleLivestock: JBS – A Decade of $20Bln Spending, Time to Pay the Piper – DTN
Despite the fact that JBS had enjoyed an impressive growth curve through Brazil and parts beyond for more than 50 years, the global meat giant was treated like the new […]
View ArticleAgribusiness Stocks Down – Fertilizer Companies in Worst Shape – DTN
Major agribusinesses have gone from being among the highest-returning investments for shareholders prior to 2012 to being among the lowest returners from 2012 to 2016 due to the downturn in […]
View ArticleCargill Acquires Southern States Co-op’s Feed Biz
Cargill has reached an agreement to acquire the animal feed business of Richmond, Va.,-based Southern States Cooperative, Inc. The transaction is expected to close within 90 days, subject to customary...
View ArticleNebraska: Cargill Invests $18 Mln to Increase Storage, Unload Capability for...
A multi-million dollar project to upgrade the Cargill grain facility in Gibbon, Neb., is underway. Once complete, growers will have access to an additional 2 million bushels of upright grain […]
View ArticleMoving Grain: Cargill Expands Facility on Union Pacific Line
Cargill Expands Facility on Union Pacific Line Cargill announced plans to invest $18 million to increase storage and unload capacity at its facility in Gibbon, NE. The project is slated […]
View ArticleCargill Set To Invest $240 Million in India
Cargill announced that it is investing $240 million in India over the next 5 years. The announcement was made by Peter Van Deursen, Chief Executive Officer, Cargill Asia. The added investment will be […]
View ArticleLivestock Definitions: When Beef is Not Beef or Even Meat – DTN
When lovesick Juliet assured her boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks that family pedigree just didn’t matter (“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”), it’s […]
View ArticleSoybeans: Brazil Farmers Plagued by Empty Infrastructure Promises – DTN
A tour bus full of Americans bounces like a carnival ride traveling downhill, coming off a plateau on a narrow clay, unsurfaced and seemingly unmaintained road in the middle of […]
View ArticleNebraska Gets Fed Funds; Infrastructure Damage Challenges Ag Businesses – DTN
President Donald Trump approved Nebraska’s expedited request for federal disaster assistance on Thursday, opening the door to help the state recover from flood damages that include nearly $1 billion in...
View ArticleCorn: Cargill to Invest $112Mln in its Chinese Processing Facility
Cargill will invest $112 million to expand the capacity of its corn processing facility in Songyuan of Jilin province. This is part of its joint initiative with Songyuan government to […]
View ArticleCargill Feed Recall in 9 States Due to High Aflatoxin Levels
Cargill’s animal nutrition business is conducting a voluntary recall of select Southern States feed due to aflatoxin levels that exceed FDA’s action levels. The affected products, which were...
View ArticleCattle Trader Alleges Packer Conspiracy – DTN
The nation’s largest meatpackers face a second class-action lawsuit alleging conspiracy to drive down cattle prices. The suit was filed in federal court by a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based live cattle […]
View ArticleCargill Faces Fire Over Amazon – DTN
One of the areas feeling an impact from fires across the Amazon rainforest is the headquarters for Cargill Inc., just outside Minneapolis. The agricultural giant — the largest private company […]
View ArticleCoronavirus: U.S. Meat Supplies Threatened As COVID-19 Hits Packing House...
Smithfield Foods announced Sunday the company was closing its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, facility indefinitely after state officials reported the plant accounted for nearly 40% of all COVID-19 cases in...
View ArticleFood Supply Chain is Breaking; Euthanize Animals Possible – DTN
The food supply chain is breaking, the chairman of Tyson Foods warned over the weekend amid an increasing clamor for a rapid federal response to restore operations to the country’s […]
View ArticleCotton Industry Rolls Out High-Profile Sustainability Initiative – DTN
A couple of separate but high-profile announcements on sustainability initiatives in agriculture are rolling out this week, focusing on ranches in the Plains states and cotton producers in the South. […]
View ArticleCargill Looks at 2021 Soy Demand – DTN
An executive vice president for Cargill highlighted some positive trends for soybean export demand Wednesday, pointing to Chinese demand for soybeans, while also pointing out increased focus on...
View ArticleAg Input Suppliers Face Antitrust Lawsuit – DTN
A new lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers coordinated a boycott of online sales platforms such as Farmers Business Network and AgVend to prevent greater price...
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