date:Jan 10, 2013
posted a combined profit compared with a loss last year when processing margins in the U.S. beef industry were sharply negative. Most of the meat businesses benefited from improved volumes or margins in the current period, even though results were tempered by higher raw material or livestock feeding costs.
Cargill said it has shifted capital spending from acquisitions toward new, expanded and modernized facilities that support the growth objectives of customers and the company.
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