Cargill is investing $111 million to convert its Columbus, Neb., ground beef plant to a cooked meats facility and relocate current ground beef production to existing processing facilities at Butler, Wis., and Forth Worth, Texas.
Bakalars Sausage Co., La Crosse, Wis., entered into an agreement to acquire the Schweigert brand of hot dogs, natural casing dogs, braunschweiger, summer sausage and breaded chicken products from Cargill Turkey & Cooked Meats.
Mary Thompson, president of Wichita, Kan.-based Cargill Value Added Meats, was appointed to lead Cargill’s European poultry business based in Hereford, England, effective Aug. 1.
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.
Cargill Pork’s new $29 million Hedrick, Iowa, feed mill will produce 350,000 tons of feed annually, destined for the more than 100 family-owned farms that raise hogs for Cargill throughout the region.
Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc. announced plans to move its Springfield, Mo., meat slicing and packaging facility to Nebraska City, Neb., and Waco, Texas.
Carlson CEO Trudy Rautio was elected to Cargill's board of directors, while Muktesh ("Micky") Pant, chief executive officer of KFC, was elected to the board of directors for Pinnacle Foods.