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Cargill to sell two Texas feedlots

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 8, 2016

Reuters — Cargill, a top U.S. meat processor, said Friday it will sell two Texas beef cattle feedlots to Amarillo-based Friona Industries pending final agreements and regulatory reviews. Under the deal, Friona will acquire Cargill’s cattle feedlots at Bovina and Dalhart, Texas. Cargill said in a statement it will retain ownership of its cattle feedyards

Crops

Agrium to buy Cargill’s U.S. ag retail business

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume July 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain trader Cargill has agreed to sell its ag retail business in the United States to crop input seller and distributor Agrium, the companies said Wednesday. Calgary-based Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of crop inputs such as seed, fertilizer and pesticides, will acquire 18 ag retail locations in Nebraska,

Crops

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Tom Polansek May 6, 2016

Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs from global trader Bunge are

Beef cattle, Crops, Markets

Cargill books higher profits, warns of tough markets

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume April 7, 2016

Reuters — U.S. agricultural commodities trader Cargill on Thursday reported a rise in third-quarter profit on stronger results in food ingredients and grain handling, but warned about headwinds from oversupplied grain markets and low commodity prices. The privately-held company is exiting lower-margin operations, including its U.S. pork business, and expanding deeper into food ingredients and

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cargill moves to cut antibiotic use in cattle by 20 per cent

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 9, 2016

Reuters — Cargill, a top U.S. meat processor, is trimming the use of antibiotics in its cattle supply amid concerns among some doctors and consumers about risks to humans from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The company on Feb. 26 started eliminating 20 per cent of antibiotics deemed important for human medicine and farm animals from its four

Cereals, Crops

Cargill joint venture to build grain terminal in Ukraine

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 24, 2016

Kiev | Reuters — U.S. agriculture giant Cargill and Ukraine’s MV Cargo said they would build and operate a grain terminal at Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhny under a US$100 million joint venture agreement signed Wednesday. The terminal, near Ukraine’s biggest port city of Odessa, will have an annual loading capacity of five million

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Cargill to supply Alberta carcass data to BIXS

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 19, 2016

One of Canada’s biggest beef packers is set to supply the specs on beef carcasses processed at its Alberta plant to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) BIXS information-sharing system. Cargill and BIXSCo, the CCA-backed operators of BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System), announced Thursday that the multinational agrifood firm will provide its past three years of beef

Crops

Cargill to stop selling seed, inputs in Black Sea region

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 17, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Cargill will stop selling seeds, fertilizer and crop chemicals to farmers in the Black Sea region, as the global trader continues to cut back operations in the face of sliding commodity prices. The 150-year old company, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations, is in the middle of a restructuring

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Packers approved to move beef, pork to Ukraine

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 11, 2016

Inspectors have approved 15 Canadian beef and pork processing plants to export to Ukraine, more than doubling the number of Canadian meat plants able to ship to the country. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday announced Ukraine has, essentially, approved beef and pork exports from any Canadian federally-registered establishment

Livestock, Markets

Cargill’s Q2 profit drops amid commodities slump

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Slumping commodities prices and weak demand in some markets took their toll on profits for global commodities trader Cargill in the quarter ending Nov. 30, sending earnings and revenue down 13 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. Privately held Cargill, celebrating its 150th birthday this year, is in the midst

Daily Network News

Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm as traders gauge China purchases

U.S. livestock: Futures rally ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

Tag Archives Cargill

Cargill to sell two Texas feedlots

Agrium to buy Cargill’s U.S. ag retail business

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

Cargill books higher profits, warns of tough markets

Cargill moves to cut antibiotic use in cattle by 20 per cent

Cargill joint venture to build grain terminal in Ukraine

Cargill to supply Alberta carcass data to BIXS

Cargill to stop selling seed, inputs in Black Sea region

Packers approved to move beef, pork to Ukraine

Cargill’s Q2 profit drops amid commodities slump

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