Cargill Limited to close Winnipeg, Manitoba grain elevator and crop input facility
Winnipeg, Manitoba - 21 February 2012 - Cargill Limited today announced that it is ceasing production at its Winnipeg East facility effective March 1, 2012.
The Winnipeg East facility is an 8,000-tonne elevator with crop inputs and a dry fertilizer plant and shed. According to Cargill, the facility no longer meets the company’s stringent standards for operating safe, cost effective and efficient farm service networks across Canada.
“The facility is outdated and would have required significant and costly upgrades to maintain Cargill’s rigorous standards, said Jody Magotiaux, Cargill Farm Service Group Manager. While the Winnipeg facility no longer meets our current needs, we remain committed to offering our valued customers with the same level of dedicated service they have come to expect from Cargill,” he said.
Cargill’s customers will have continued access to crop inputs and fertilizer and will be able to deliver grain to Cargill’s other Keystone locations, such as Morris and Elm Creek, as well as utilize alternate direct-to-farm service solutions.
The facility has five full-time employees, all of whom have been presented with transition packages.
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Brigitte Burgoyne, 204-947-6187, Brigitte_Burgoyne@cargill.com |
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About Cargill
Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 142,000 people in 66 countries. Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to applying its global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges wherever it does business. For more information, visit www.cargill.com and its news center.
About Cargill in Canada
Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Cargill Limited employs over 10,000 people across Canada and has business interests in meat, egg and oilseed processing, animal feed, salt, chocolate, natural gas, crop inputs, as well as grain handling, merchandising and milling. For more information, visit www.cargill.ca.