🏭 IndustryData Quality: Manual · Updated Jul 2026
🇺🇸 Cargill
Minnetonka · Founded 1865 · cargill.com
World's largest privately held company. Trading, processing, and distribution of agricultural commodities globally. Protein, feed and financial services.
Revenue
$160.0B
FY2024 · USD
EBITDA Margin
Data not available
Not yet entered
Employees
160,000
Worldwide
📋 Source: Official company filings📅 Reporting period: FY2024 annual🔄 Updated: Jul 2026⚠️ AnimStok is not affiliated with Cargill
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AnimStok Intelligence Analysis
Data-derived · Official filings · Jul 2026Algorithmic — not a financial recommendationCargill is one of the world's leading Feed sector companies.
ANIMSTOK COMPANY SUMMARY
Deterministic rule-based prose from official filings — not AI-generated
Low Confidence
Cargill is a privately held Feed (grain, oilseeds, feed) sector company headquartered in Minnetonka. Revenue was $160.0B in FY2024. The company employs approximately 160,000 people.
WHAT CHANGED
Confirmed events linked to this company, then sector-level market context
🏢 Confirmed Company Eventsvia intel_event_companies
No confirmed event-company links in the current dataset.
Events are linked to companies via the
intel_event_companies junction table. No links exist for Cargill at this time. Sector-matched market events are shown below for context.🌐 Recent Market EventsPlatform-wide — not specific to Cargill
Most recent published events across all sectors. These are shown for market context only and are not linked to Cargill.
criticalAcquisition
Bunge Completes Acquisition of Viterra, Creating the World's Largest Grain Trader by Volume
📅 2024-11-01
highInvestment
Smithfield Foods Lists on Nasdaq in First Public Offering Since WH Group Acquisition
📅 2024-09-25
mediumQuarterlyResults
Venky's India Q4 FY2024: Poultry Processing Revenue Grows on Domestic Demand Recovery
📅 2024-05-29
mediumQuarterlyResults
SalMar Q1 2024 Results: Harvest 56,600 Tonnes, Operational EBIT NOK 780 Million
📅 2024-05-14
mediumQuarterlyResults
Grieg Seafood Q1 2024: Harvest 20,000 Tonnes, Profitability Supported by Stable Salmon Prices
📅 2024-05-09
WHY THIS MATTERS
Protein Revenue
Meat, poultry, and protein processing divisions are exposed to FAO Meat Price Index and global protein benchmark movements that affect export and contract pricing.
Feed Input Cost
Integrated operations require large-scale feed grain procurement. Corn and soybean meal costs, tracked via FAO Cereals Index, are the largest variable cost in protein divisions.
Commodity Trading
Grain and oilseed merchandising divisions move with FAO Cereals and Vegetable Oil indices. Price volatility creates both working capital risk and trading margin opportunity.
Food Processing
Packaged food and ingredient divisions carry exposure to the FAO Food Price Index for cost pass-through timing and retail pricing negotiations.
RELEVANT MARKET INDICATORS
FAO indices relevant to Cargill's cost and revenue exposure — not company performance drivers
Related Intelligence
AnimStok value-added intelligence built on top of public indicators
FAO Food Price Index
FAO IndexComposite benchmark covering all major commodity categories — relevant for diversified agri-food businesses with exposure across protein, grain, and oil segments.
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FAO Cereals Price Index
FAO IndexFeed and food grain cost input — relevant across poultry, swine, animal nutrition, and human food divisions.
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FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index
FAO IndexRelevant for integrated oilseed processing, cooking oil, and aquafeed ingredient divisions.
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WHAT TO WATCH
Monitoring variables — not procurement recommendations
1USDA WASDE monthly report — global grain and oilseed supply and demand estimates across all major commodities
2FAO Food Price Index composite (released approximately the 6th of each month) — broad commodity basket benchmark
3WOAH / OIE Avian Influenza and FMD alert status — directly affects protein division production and export access
4India export policy circulars (DGFT) for wheat, rice, and sugar — affects commodity trading division margins
5Palm oil prices (MPOB monthly data) — key cost input for integrated food processing operations
EVIDENCE & METHODOLOGY
Data sourceOfficial company filings — annual reports, investor relations (URL pending)
VerificationProfile: verified · Financial: partially_verified
Revenue periodFY2024 annual
Summary methodDeterministic rule-based prose from filing data — no language model involved
Event linksintel_event_companies: 0 confirmed links — none exist yet for this company
Trade flowsAll trade flow records for this company are draft status and are not displayed publicly
Confidence logicVerified profile + verified financials → Medium; any unverified field → Low; never High without corroborating event or trade data
DISCLAIMER
This intelligence summary is compiled from publicly available official company filings. AnimStok is not affiliated with Cargill and does not claim any endorsement. No investment, procurement, or commercial advice is implied. Data may not reflect post-filing corporate events.
Business Segments
Revenue breakdown by division
Animal Nutrition & Protein32%
Agricultural Supply Chain40%
Food Ingredients18%
Financial & Other10%
Key Facts
What matters about Cargill
160000
70
Private (family-owned)
1865
Latest Quarterly Highlight
Quarterly earnings data for Cargill is updated periodically. Check the investor relations page for the most recent quarterly report.
Data Quality
✓
Verified
Profile Data Status
Last Reviewed: Not yet reviewed
Revenue
$160.0BFY2024Reported
◑ Partially Verified — no source linkedAbout this rating:“Partially Verified” means selected profile information has been checked against identified sources. It is not an audit, endorsement, credit rating, or investment recommendation.
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