Cargill Inc.

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"Type: Private Company
Address: P.O. Box 9300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440-9300, U.S.A.
Telephone: (612) 742-7575
Fax: (612) 742-7899
Employees: 70,500
Sales: $47.1 billion
Incorporated: 1930
SIC: 5153 Grain & Field Beans; 4424 Deep Sea Domestic Transportation of Freight; 6221 Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers; 2041 Flour & Other Grain Mill Products


Cargill Inc. is the largest private corporation in the United States. Long known as a merchant of commodities, by the early 1990s Cargill had become one of the largest diversified services companies in the country. In addition to merchandising grains and oilseeds, Cargill operates as a transporter of commodities; a supplier of feed, seed, fertilizer, and other products to agricultural producers; a processor of food ingredients (such as corn syrup and flour) and of brand name products (such as meat and poultry products); an industrial producer of steel, salt, and other products; and a financial and technical services provider. Its diversified operations became increasingly important when the trade in commodities suffered a prolonged downturn beginning in 1980."