Cargill Missouri Turkey Agricultural Team Reaches 1.4M Work Hours without Lost-Time Injury
Cargill’s turkey agricultural team in California, Mo., reached 1.4 million work hours without a lost-time injury that covers a period of nearly five years. This 127-person team, which is part of the Cargill turkey and cooked meats business headquartered in Wichita, Kan., is responsible for a feed mill, hatchery, breeder flocks, live haul service and working relationships with 168 independent family farms in the region that raise turkeys.
This agricultural team logs a total of approximately 279,000 worker hours yearly. They are responsible for annually producing 12 million turkey eggs; raising 130,000 breeder hens and toms at 18 company and contract facilities in the region; hatching 9 million turkey poults; care for 10 million turkeys that range between 14- 45 pounds each; providing 250,000 tons of feed for those turkeys; and ensuring the safe arrival of birds at the company’s processing plant in California, Mo.