Insights and Stories on Cargill

Cargill serves lockout notice on High River workers

Nov. 25, 2021 at 7:45 pm CST

Updated — Whether in a strike or a lockout, workers at one of Canada’s biggest beef slaughter plants took another step toward the picket line this week by voting to reject the company’s latest contract offer. A vote conducted Tuesday and Wednesday by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) […]

High River beef plant workers to vote on Cargill offer

Nov. 22, 2021 at 1:11 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Cargill beef plant workers serve strike notice

Nov. 11, 2021 at 3:22 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Cargill close to resolving slow grain payments to farmers

Nov. 10, 2021 at 2:33 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Cargill, ADM sell GrainBridge to ag software firm Bushel

Oct. 12, 2021 at 3:01 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat end firmer on bargain buying

Sep. 2, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Thursday on bargain buying after a six-session slide and better-than-expected weekly export sales data, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures also edged higher, consolidating after recent declines. Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans settled up 5-1/2 cents at $12.83-1/4 per bushel, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sag on export worries after Ida

Sep. 1, 2021 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract hitting a seven-week low as worries about shipping delays from the U.S. Gulf Coast triggered a round of long liquidation, analysts said. Soybean futures touched a two-month low and wheat followed […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat sag as Ida damage spurs export concerns

Aug. 31, 2021 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures touched their lowest prices in weeks on Tuesday as power outages and damage to export facilities from Hurricane Ida stoked concerns about the potential for extended disruptions to shipments, analysts said. Uncertainty over the length of facility closures at the Gulf […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Prices down on rains, Ida shuts grain facilities

Aug. 30, 2021 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Favourable rains in the U.S. Farm Belt combined with approaching harvests to push down Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures on Monday, analysts said. Traders, meanwhile, assessed disruptions to U.S. crop exports from Hurricane Ida at a time when global supplies are tight and […]

By Tom Polansek

Cargill, Continental Grain to buy chicken producer Sanderson Farms for $4.5 bln

Aug. 9, 2021 at 9:32 am CDT

Reuters – Commodities trader Cargill Inc and agricultural investor Continental Grain Co will buy chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc for $4.53 billion, the companies said on Monday, at a time when meat prices have been soaring due to strong demand. The deal would see Sanderson Farms, the third-largest poultry producer […]

By Chavi Mehta Praveen Paramasivam