SCHUYLER – Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts traveled to Schuyler to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cargill Plant.
Ricketts arrived to the plant Wednesday morning to meet with Cargill employees and leaders to honor their achievements as the largest employer in Colfax County.
The plant employs over 2,200 people in Schuyler and the surrounding areas.
Ricketts praised Cargill and county officials for creating a valuable relationship between the company and the community.
“We want to see that continue to grow and create those great paying opportunities for our families here in Nebraska, and they also bring in cattle from about 1,500 producers and Cargill is a great corporate and community partner here.”
Ricketts said Cargill is not only a valuable part of Nebraska, but an important part of the world economy and hopes to see that value increase in the near future.
“Part of what we want to see is this continue to expand. It continues to create jobs again this is a key part of the supply chain to take our number one product which we produce here, beef, we are known as the beef state right? And make sure that we’re getting that distributed not only throughout the United States, but throughout the entire world.”
Governor Ricketts also talked about progress on the housing project next to the plant which houses employees of the company, saying improvements and growth would be beneficial to all parties involved.
