Editing Cargill (section)

====COVID-19 crisis====
On April 8, 2020, Cargill closed its [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania]] meatpacking facility because "an unspecified number of Cargill employees at the plant [had] tested positive for COVID-19." The county had the "highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the area with 982", of which 849 were in Hazleton.<ref name="agpenn">{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Greg |title=COVID-19: Cargill Closes Pennsylvania Plant |url=https://www.agweb.com/article/covid-19-cargill-closes-pennsylvania-plant |publisher=AG WEB |date=April 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="bcold">{{cite news |last1=Waldman |first1=Peter |title=Cold, Crowded, Deadly: How U.S. Meat Plants Became a Virus Breeding Ground |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-05-07/coronavirus-closes-meat-plants-threatens-food-supply |publisher=Bloomberg |date=May 7, 2020}}</ref>

On April 20, 2020, Cargill temporarily closed its [[High River, Alberta]], plant because "the operation was linked to nearly 500 cases of COVID-19". All 2,100 employees were recommended for virus testing.<ref name=rcar>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-meat-cargill-ltd/cargill-to-temporarily-idle-alberta-beef-plant-as-hundreds-of-workers-infected-by-covid-19-idUSKBN22234Y|title=Cargill to temporarily idle Alberta beef plant as hundreds of workers infected by COVID-19|date=April 20, 2020|work=Reuters}}</ref> This plant was responsible for about 36% of Canada's beef producing capacity.<ref name=tsclos>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/04/21/closure-of-alberta-beef-plant-could-push-up-prices-but-shouldnt-create-shortages-trudeau-says.html|title=Justin Trudeau warns beef prices could go up after Alberta plant closes due to COVID-19|date=April 21, 2020|newspaper=Toronto Star|last1=Ballingall|first1=Alex}}</ref> On May 6, the plant was connected with 1,560 cases of COVID-19.<ref name="nicbc">{{cite news |url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/cargill-covid19-outbreak |publisher=CBC|title=Inside the slaughterhouse|first=Joel|last=Dryden}}</ref> [[United Food and Commercial Workers Canada]] (UFCW) Union Local 401 has recommended the plant's closure since 38 cases were known.<ref name=cbcdry>{{cite news |last1=Dryden |first1=Joel |title=358 cases of COVID-19 now linked to Cargill meat plant |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cargill-deena-hinshaw-covid-19-1.5536916 |access-date=April 18, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=April 17, 2020 |location=Calgary AB}}</ref>

The public health authority of Quebec did not shut down a Cargill plant in [[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]] south of [[Montreal]] on May 10, 2020. A total of 64 employees, about 13% of the workforce, had COVID-19. The workers are represented by the UFCW. The public health department for the Montérégie region had been working with Cargill since April 25 to deal with the outbreak. Cargill closed the plant on its own.<ref name="cbcmp">{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Colin |title=Cargill meat-processing plant south of Montreal says 64 workers infected with COVID-19 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cargill-chambly-covid-19-shut-down-1.5563539 |publisher=CBC |date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="cbcwhat">{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Sunday |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-may10-1.5563513 |publisher=CBC |date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>

On May 11, a [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] journalist wrote, "The Cargill plant in Alberta, where there have been about 1,000 reported cases [of human COVID-19], is now considered the largest single-site outbreak in [[North America]]."<ref name="cbcfi">{{cite news |title=Food inspectors could face sanctions if they refuse reassignment to COVID-19-infected meat plants, union told |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meat-processing-covid19-1.5563681 |publisher=CBC |date=May 11, 2020|last=Harris|first=Kathleen}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Agriculture Union]] of [[CFIA]]'s [[embedded inspector]]s at slaughterhouses said that management is "threatening disciplinary action against employees who refuse to be reassigned to work at COVID-19-infected meat plants", while Deputy PM [[Chrystia Freeland]] said, "those who feel unsafe won't be forced back to work."<ref name=cbcfi/>

Also on May 11, the Alberta government disclosed that a second worker from the Cargill plant there had died that day.<ref name="gm11m">{{cite news |title=Alberta NDP, union call for Cargill plant to be shut down pending legal review after second COVID-19 death at facility |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-ndp-union-call-for-cargill-plant-to-be-shut-down-pending/ |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc |date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

On June 3, 2020, Cargill announced that it would no longer publish quarterly results, stopping the disclosures that the company had provided since 1996. Cargill canceled its third-quarter earnings release in March 2020 amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="kpnomore">{{cite news |last1=Plume |first1=Karl |title=Cargill halts public reporting of quarterly results |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/cargill-halts-public-reporting-of-quarterly-results-2020-06-03 |agency=Reuters |publisher=NASDAQ |date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, Cargill announced it would build a corn syrup refinery in [[Fort Dodge, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/22027-cargill-to-build-sustainable-corn-syrup-plant | title=Cargill to build sustainable corn syrup plant &#124; Food Business News |website=www.foodbusinessnews.net }}</ref>