DAYTON CARGILL CLOSURE 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A MAJOR FOOD MANUFACTURER HAS ANNOUNCED A PLANT CLOSURE YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) ELIMINATING JOBS AND CAUSING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. 
THE CARGILL (CAR-GILL) PLANT IN DAYTON, OHIO PROCESSES ROUGHLY TEN PERCENT OF OHIO'S TOTAL CORN PRODUCTION AT ITS CORN WET MILLING PLANT AND SERVES AS A CRITICAL HUB FOR REGIONAL CORN FARMERS. THE END PRODUCT BECOMES ANIMAL FEED, SWEETENERS, STARCH AND CORN MEAL. YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY), CARGILL ANNOUNCED IT WILL SHUT THAT PLANT DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY MONTHS, ELIMINATING ROUGHLY 230 LOCAL JOBS. IN A RELEASE, CARGILL STATED IT WILL RAMP DOWN PRODUCTION GRADUALLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF NEXT YEAR. LOCAL OFFICIALS FEAR THE CLOSURE WILL RESULT IN A DOMINO EFFECT OF OTHER CLOSURES.