Citing tight cattle supplies, Cargill today announced that it will close its Milwaukee, Wis., beef slaughter facility, which employs approximately 600 people, effective at the close of business on Friday, Aug. 1. Cargill said its six other U.S. beef harvest plants, which are located in California, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Pennsylvania, are unaffected by this plant closing. Read more at Agri-Pulse…
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