date:Mar 10, 2016
decision at four additional feed yards that are operated by Friona Industries, a business associate which supplies cattle to the company.
Cargill Wichita-based beef business president John Keating said: Our decision to eliminate 20 percent of the antibiotics used in our beef cattle, which are also used for human health, took into consideration customer and consumer desires to help ensure the long-term medical effectiveness of antibiotics for both people and animals.
We need to balance those de