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Cargill expands wheat processing plant in Russia
2014-06-20 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
American agribusiness firm Cargill has invested $100m to expand its wheat processing plant in Efremov, Russia.
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Putting the Cargill Sow Housing Announcement in Perspective
2014-06-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Cargill announced last week that it intends to have all of its company-owned sows in group gestation by the end of 2015 and that contract growers must have Cargill-owned sows in group housing by the end of 2017, writes Steve Meyer for the National Hog Farmer.
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Putting the Cargill Sow Housing Announcement in Perspective
2014-06-16 21:33:00| National Hog Farmer
By Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics, Inc., Adel, IA Cargill announced last week that it intends to have all of its company-owned sows in group gestation by the end of 2015, and that contract growers must have Cargill-owned sows in group housing by the end of 2017. Successful Farmings 2013 Pork Powerhouses article listed Cargill as the nations eighth largest hog producer with 155,000 sows. That number is up from 136,000 sows in 2012. Cargill likely has more sows now as it has been slowly completing and populating its large production site near Dalhart, TX. A Minneapolis Star-Tribune article about the group gestation announcement claims that Cargill currently has 66,000 sows in the Texas Panhandle. read more
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Cargill, CHS, ConAgra must sell 4 mills before merger
2014-06-15 15:36:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
A merger that includes the flour operations of two Minnesota companies, Cargill Inc., Minnetonka, and CHS Inc., Inver Grove Heights, will go forward after the U.S. Department of Justice mandates the sale of four mills because of antitrust concerns.The four mills, including one in New Prague, will be sold for $215 million to Bloomington-based Miller ... (more)
Cargill Announces 2015 Group Housing Goal
2014-06-11 22:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Cargill Cargill recently issued a statement indicating that sows in its company-owned facilities will be 100 percent group housed by the end of calendar 2015. Contract hog farms that contain Cargill-owned sows will transition to 100 percent group housing by the end of calendar 2017. The hogs produced by Cargill-owned sows represent approximately 30 percent of the total hogs harvested annually at the companys two pork processing facilities in Illinois and Iowa. read more
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