Sen. Moran tours, touts Cargill Protein headquarters

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, recently toured the new Cargill Protein headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, praising the facility and those who work there.

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Cargill Protein's new headquarters are now open in the Old Town District of Wichita, Kansas. | Photo courtesy of Cargill
Cargill Protein's new headquarters are now open in the Old Town District of Wichita, Kansas. | Photo courtesy of Cargill

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, recently toured the new Cargill Protein headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, praising the facility and those who work there.

In an email newsletter sent to constituents, Moran wrote of his visit on January 4, where he toured the facility that was dedicated in December 2018. It was built to replace Cargill’s previous protein facility at another Wichita location that no longer met all of the company’s needs.

“This state-of-the art facility, which was officially opened just last month, is home to 750 employees with the potential to add an additional 200 people. Cargill has multiple offices and locations across Kansas, including a recently upgraded beef plant in Dodge City,” Moran wrote. “I enjoyed the opportunity to meet so many talented Cargill employees.”

The $70 million facility connects Cargill’s Wichita-based employees with 28,000 additional colleagues across North America and more than three dozen protein production facilities in the U.S. and Canada.

Cargill Protein is the third largest turkey company in the United States, according to the WATTAgNet Top Poultry Companies Database, trailing only Butterball and Jennie-O Turkey Store. In 2017, the company, whose key brands are Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms, slaughtered 1 billion pounds of live turkeys.

While at the facility, Moran, who chairs the Senate Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, discussed how trade, environmental and regulatory policies affect Cargill’s business.

Moran has served as a U.S. Senator since 2011. Prior to that, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was a member of the House Agriculture Committee. Kansas’ other senator, Pat Roberts, recently announced he would retire and not seek re-election in 2020. Roberts, who also previously served in the U.S. House, is currently the chairman of the Senate Committee for Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

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