Rural development in action
Investing in food, feed and fuel processing
Many of our processing plants are in rural areas. Adding value where raw materials are grown brings jobs, and increased economic opportunities and incomes for people living in these regions.
Whether it is cocoa processing in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, sugar mills in Brazil, malt production in France, or corn milling in Russia, all these operations contribute to increasing wealth in the local economy and creating new market demand that prompts new local businesses.
Even in the midst of a global recession, we are expanding plants and investing in new products, processes and facilities.
Rural development examples
Efremov, Russia. Cargill is investing $30 million to construct a chicken processing facility at its complex in Efremov, Russia. It will have the capacity to produce 18,000 tonnes of chicken products annually, and will supply Chicken McNuggets for McDonald’s restaurants in Russia. This is in addition to a new U.S. $12.5 million animal feed mill. These plants form part of our unique cluster of facilities at Efremov, which also include corn and wheat sweeteners plants, a
vegetable oil refinery, a bottling facility and a malt plant. The complex currently employs 855 people. Our facilities also buy about 600,000 tons of local grain every year. The employee-led Cargill Cares Council in Efremov helps young people in the community by supporting a vocational school, building playgrounds and refurbishing the local children’s hospital.- Feed plant near Sibiu, Romania. We are expanding our animal nutrition footprint in Romania through a major investment in our feed plant in Sura Mica near the town of Sibiu, The investment will allow us to manufacture pelleted feed in both bag and bulk form, and will result in an increased capacity of nearly 50,000 metric tons per year. The facility employs about 45 people and could potentially provide for up to 15 more jobs.
Canola crushing plant in Clavet, Saskatchewan. We’ve invested U.S. $100 million to double the size of our canola crushing plant in Clavet, Saskatchewan in Canada. It is now the largest plant of its kind in the world. For the 8,000 farmers who grow specialty canola on contract for the plant, it means they have a locked in buyer for their crop. Cargill also provides marketing information and price-discovery tools so they can make good decisions on price.- Aquaculture feed mill in Vietnam. We have opened our sixth aquaculture feed mill in Vietnam. The plant in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is designed to have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of aquaculture feed, which will give our business in the country a total production capacity of 720,000 metric tons per year. We employ 560 people in Vietnam.
