US agribusiness Cargill Inc is permanently laying off 80 employees in Minnesota and an undisclosed number globally.
The layoffs are part of a plan announced last December to cut its workforce by 5%, aimed at "reducing redundancy in select professional areas."
Cargill said the layoffs were not triggered by any business exits and were not tied to replacing human workers with automation or artificial intelligence.
Cargill is the largest privately-held US company, with a global workforce of about 155,000.
Author's summary: Cargill cuts 80 Minnesota jobs amid farm slump.