20 Dec 2012

Cargill launched a series of forums for fish farmers in the state of Pahang this week. At the forum Cargill will share expert knowledge on farm management practices, nutritional requirements and the export market potential of Patin fish meat with current and prospective Patin fish farmers. 

20 Dec 2012

When the 2013 NASCAR racing season begins in February at Daytona Beach, Fla., it will mark the fourth consecutive year Cargill Beef is supporting the Roush Fenway Racing No. 6 Ford Mustang as a primary sponsor in the Nationwide Series.  

19 Dec 2012

Cargill today announced it is expanding its rail car handling capacity in Kindersley to better service their Western Canadian farm customers.  

19 Dec 2012

Cargill has announced that packaged whole wheat flour is now available under its flagship brand, NatureFresh. With NatureFresh Chakki Atta, Cargill has expanded its consumer product portfolio from quality edible oils to quality flour as part of its strategy to build a food products basket in India.

19 Dec 2012

An international producer and marketer of food and agricultural products is expanding its local operations at its plant in Marshall, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today. Cargill Meat Solutions is in the process of expanding its case-ready meat facility with a new production line of value-added food products, a capital investment of more than $15 million that is expected to create 50 new local jobs over the next year. 

17 Dec 2012

Cargill today announced that PT Hindoli, its palm oil plantation in South Sumatra, was presented with the Best Plantation Business Partner of the Year award by the government of South Sumatra, at a ceremony commemorating the 55th Plantation Day on December 4 in Palembang, South Sumatra. 

17 Dec 2012

Cargill today announced it is addressing hunger in its communities by entering in a new partnership with HOPE House in Guelph, Ontario.  

14 Dec 2012

Cargill’s animal nutrition and premix business, Provimi, has announced an investment of around U.S. $20 million in South Africa. Cargill will, on completion of a deal signed on 30 November 2012, gain a majority shareholding and assume managerial control of NuTec Southern Africa, its existing joint venture with Astral Foods.  

13 Dec 2012

The Union Pacific Railroad and Cargill announced today that Cargill’s Atchison facility is now capable of loading 110 car shuttles. Until now, the facility was capable of loading 75 car units. 

12 Dec 2012

The Truvia® business, the global leader of stevia sweeteners, and Grupo Herdez, a market leader in the production, distribution, and sale of foods in Mexico, announced today an exclusive strategic agreement for the distribution and marketing of Truvia® sweetener in Mexico. In addition, the recent opening of the Canadian market for stevia as both a tabletop sweetener and as an ingredient in foods and beverages will allow Truvia® sweetener to be available throughout North America in 2013.

10 Dec 2012

Cargill announced that it signed an agreement with Wipro Ltd. to acquire its flagship brand Sunflower Vanaspati, being marketed in the hard fats category (Vanaspati). Sunflower Vanaspati is a premium brand in state of Maharashtra, India. The scope of the acquisition is limited to the product brand only.

05 Dec 2012

The Notre Dame Haiti Program and Cargill have renewed their partnership to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) in Haiti. 

04 Dec 2012

Cargill’s value added meats business, which operates a major turkey production and processing complex in Northwest Arkansas that includes a hatchery, feed mill, contract turkey farms and a meat processing facility, will be donating 22,000 pounds of turkey to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank on December 14.

04 Dec 2012

The Top Ten Trends in food for 2013*, and how they relate to cocoa and chocolate applications, have been revealed in a webinar presented by Lu Ann Williams of Innova  Market Insights and Rens de Haan, Marketing & Communications Director, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate.

03 Dec 2012

Cargill’s Energy, Transportation and Metals (Cargill ETM) today announced it is donating $30,000 to Projet 80, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to partnering with schools in Montréal’s Centre-Sud district. The projects is committed to help provide youth with an opportunity to broaden their education through discovering new passions outside of the traditional classroom setting.  

03 Dec 2012

Frost & Sullivan, a global leader in market research and analysis, has presented its prestigious North American Product Leadership Award to Cargill to honor the company’s CoroWise® Naturally Sourced Cholesterol Reducer™ plant sterols.

03 Dec 2012

Consumers who reach for sugary snacks and beverages to combat their mid-afternoon energy slumps may soon be asking for more products made with Xtend® sucromalt. 

27 Nov 2012

Cargill, working with the Institute of International Education (IIE), has launched a new scholarship program to help build future potential leaders. The Cargill Global Scholars program will provide financial support, leadership development and enrichment opportunities to nearly 200 talented and high-performing undergraduate students in five countries. 

26 Nov 2012

Cargill today officially unveiled a mobile library in the district of Ketapang in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Another example of Cargill’s commitment to education for the community, the mobile library will provide students from schools within the district, including Manis Mata, Air Upas and Kendawangan, with convenient access to a variety of English and Indonesian books.

21 Nov 2012

Cargill today announced that effective February 2013, it will be outsourcing its transportation needs at its Guelph, Ontario, beef processing facility to a third party provider. The decision was based on Cargill’s commitment to operate its business in a cost competitive manner, allowing for greater flexibility and efficiency in the marketplace.  

20 Nov 2012

Cargill has strengthened its global commitment to cocoa farmers and to building a sustainable cocoa sector through the Cargill Cocoa Promise.  

19 Nov 2012

DuPont Pioneer and Cargill announced today they will work with farmers near Cargill’s facility in Sidney, Ohio, to grow Plenish® high oleic soybeans in 2013. 

16 Nov 2012

In the annual event that has come to signify the official kickoff to the holiday season, a pair of tom turkeys hatched and raised in Rockingham County by Cargill are heading to the nation’s capitol as the 2012 National Thanksgiving Turkeys that will be pardoned by President Obama in a November 21 White House ceremony.  

16 Nov 2012

Cargill was recently selected as the “Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Philanthropic Organization” recipient from the Association of Fundraising Professionals of East Central Iowa.  Cargill was nominated by the United Way of East Central Iowa.

16 Nov 2012

Cargill is adding a “loop” railroad track at its grain elevator in Tuscola that will give it access to the CSX railroad, expanding the market for local corn and soybeans to the Eastern/Southeast United States and the Gulf of Mexico.