Articles Tagged: Cargill

The announcement last month that Coca-Cola will introduce a new product made with cane sugar — instead of high-fructose corn syrup — came as a surprise to many corn growers, especially in Iowa, the country’s top corn producing state.

PepsiCo and Cargill have announced plans to expand sustainable farming practices on 240,000 acres of Iowa cropland by 2030.

Two residents of a southeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood implored the city council this week to do something about the noise from a nearby rail yard.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging Cargill’s construction of a now-completed rail yard in southeast Cedar Rapids.

A 2024 annual report from the company noted that it had more than 160,000 employees worldwide, meaning the latest job cuts would be set to impact around 8,000 workers.

Workers were headed back to the Cedar Rapids corn milling facility to restart production Thursday evening.

Cargill says eligible employees who were enrolled in the company’s employee health benefits at the time of the strike will continue to receive insurance benefits through Thursday.

Workers at Cargill’s corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids have been on strike for a week after the local Teamsters union voted to decline the company's last offer.

Roughly 100 workers at Cargill’s corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids went on strike Tuesday after being unable to reach an agreement on a new contract.

The union represents about 100 employees across a range of positions at the Cargill corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids. The bargaining unit’s contract expired at 11:59 p.m. Monday.

Also, residents asked for their opinions on workforce, C.R. city budget

The city of Cedar Rapids is looking to build an approximately $20 million horizontal collector well near Cargill’s corn milling facility as part of the city’s permanent flood control system — one of the finishing touches of flood protection work on the east side.

Still, it’s the fourth best year for the private agribusiness company.

A district court judge has dismissed lawsuits that challenged council votes that advanced Cargill’s construction of a rail yard in Cedar Rapids’ Rompot neighborhood. The rail yard is slated to become fully operational in December.

Little sign of progress has been seen ahead of a massive potential walkout beginning this Friday, after freight railroads and labor unions that represent more than 90,000 workers have held talks to try to avoid a strike that could cost the U.S. economy more than $2 billion a day.