Sanderson Farms (SAFM) – The poultry producer agreed to be acquired for about $4.5 billion, or $203 per share, by privately-held food producer Cargill and agriculture investment firm Continental Grain. The all-cash deal represents an 11.3% premium... —  read more 

Word that several positions in animal nutrition credit dept being outsourced to Costa Rica. Anyone know qnything about this?

About 20 folks laid off in Wichita. It'll continue but they do not want to talk about it. “While we do not provide numbers, several dozen people in our Wichita protein business are being impacted as the result of our ongoing business transformation... —  read more 

Management will still spin it as "doing more work in fewer places." I'm sure that's part of it, but (IMHO) the biggest part is the bottom line. Making billions isn't enough, apparently. The ironic thing is our group HAD a shared service function... —  read more 

Cargill is outsourcing many office jobs to foreign countries. The layoffs take place in August. The remaining folks ewill lose their jobs in t3wo years when they have completed training their foreign replacementsd and these replacements go back to... —  read more 

Since that WSJ article came out about Cargill wanting to sell Energy & Metals, has anyone heard anything about upcoming layoffs?

That's always happening, that's because IT resources are expensive and it's always a good target for job cuts, this applicable to all companies not just Cargill. I used to work at a different company (different industry but very similar IT group) and... —  read more 

Has anyone heard any more information about these new layoffs? http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/11/13/report-cargill-to-restructure-close-offices-lay-off-workers/

Cargill announced 45 layoffs on the SAP team with more in other IT functions. Morale is in the toilet.

Any RIFs?

TCS will only hire who they identify as needed to be physically be on site. Onsite being the Bloomington MN office> However if there is not a need to be physically on then working remotely would be from India. So if you support anything... —  read more 

Cargill will outsource some of its information technology services, a move that will affect 900 jobs worldwide, including 300 in the Twin Cities. The Minnetonka-based agribusiness giant told employees this week it will move certain IT functions to... —  read more 

Cargill laid off 45 employees in the Floyd County town of Lockney. Cargill blames drought for the shutdown of the cattle feed yard. Feed prices have gone up, while local ranchers have lost access to watering. The company also closed down its meat... —  read more 

Cargill was founded at the end of the American Civil War, by William Wallace Cargill. Descendants of Cargill and son-in-law, John MacMillan, have owned common equity in the company for over 140 years. Over this time, Cargill grew from a grain storage... —  read more 

50 here, 50 there. That's the mantra. You cannot track Cargil that way, it's so big. That's how Cargill avoids bad rap. Is that a sound business model? Probably given that Cargill is doing it for decades.

56 will lose jobs in Cargill\'s Topeka flour mill. The mill was more than 100 years old - what\'s next? Flour imported from china?