CargillGroundBeef.com has been launched to provide consumers with information and an ongoing interactive dialogue about the most popular and versatile protein in America.
Cargill reported net earnings of $409 million in the fiscal 2013 second quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with $100 million in the same period a year ago.
Japan has halted beef imports from a Cargill plant in Schuyler, Neb., after American authorities failed to confirm that beef from the plant without proper documents met Japan’s animal age requirements.
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.
While the XL Foods facility in Brooks, Alberta is still awaiting the go-ahead from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to resume production, the Cargill plant in High River has been operating six days a week, using workers from the same union as XL Foods’ employees.