|
|
Article: As Elk River grows, Cargill isn't likely to budge; With boom times continuing in Sherburne County, development is closing in on a 980-acre research facility owned by Cargill Inc.(NEWS)
- Article from:
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- May 28, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
In Elk River, a hub of growth in Minnesota's fastest-growing county, efforts to add homes, build roads, lure industry and install sewer and water lines have run into a problem: Cargill Inc.
For 40 years, the multinational company has quietly operated its sprawling Animal Nutrition Center - the only one of its kind in Cargill's far-flung operations - on the city's southeast side.
Its 980-acre research campus is dominated by farm fields where alfalfa and corn for silage are grown. Cargill's state-of-the-art swine innovation unit, which sits along a rural two-lane road, houses 1,500 animals, features a series of interconnected buildings and requires ...