Editing Cargill (section)

==Countries of operation==
{{update|section|date=May 2023}}
{{As of|2016}}, Cargill operates in 70 countries across six regions around the world.<ref name="Worldwide">{{cite web |author1=Cargill, Inc. |title=Cargill Worldwide |url=http://www.cargill.com/worldwide/index.jsp |publisher=Self-published |access-date=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314113759/http://www.cargill.com/worldwide/index.jsp |archive-date=March 14, 2016}}</ref>

===Africa===
Algeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

===Indo Pacific===
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

===Oceania===
[[File:Cargill Beef Australia in Bomen.jpg|thumb|250px|Cargill Beef Australia located in [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales]], Australia.]]
Australia, New Zealand

===South Asia===
====India====
Starting operations in 1987, Cargill had a foods business unit called '''Cargill Foods India''' which processes, refines and markets a wide range of both indigenous and imported edible oils, fats and blends to the food industry including Sweekar, Nature Fresh, Gemini, Rath and Shakti brands of edible oil. In 2012 it launched Chakki Fresh Atta in India under the brand name "Sampoorna". Its customers are in the retail, food service sector and beverage industry.

Apart from sugar and cotton, Cargill India is also one of India's largest originators and marketers of food and coarse grains. It has its own Trade and Structured Finance arm, which also operates the Cargill Capital and Financial Services India Private Limited. Its Cargill Energy, Transport and Metals BU is active across ocean freight, coal, iron ore and steel trading. It bought Sunflower Oil Brand From Wipro In December 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 10, 2012|first=Shilpa|last=Phadnis|title=Wipro sells Sunflower Vanaspati brand to Cargill|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Wipro-sells-Sunflower-Vanaspati-brand-to-Cargill/articleshow/17561783.cms|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=December 11, 2012|title=Cargill acquires Wipro's Sunflower Vanaspati in Rs 40-cr deal|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cargill-acquires-wipro-s-sunflower-vanaspati-in-rs-40-cr-deal-112121100170_1.html|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>

After the government of India, Cargill is India's second-largest buyer of food grain.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} It has been buying grains and oilseeds in India since 1998. It also has the largest producer of potash, Mosaic.

====Pakistan====
Cargill started doing business in Pakistan in 1984.<ref name=Pakistan>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cargill.com/worldwide/pakistan |title=Cargill in Pakistan &#124; Cargill |website=www.cargill.com |date= |access-date=}}</ref> '''Cargill Pakistan Holdings''' was incorporated on January 25, 1990.<ref name=SECP/> In the 1980s, Cargill sold hybrid [[safflower]] seeds extensively in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book |title=Safflower |page=124 |author=Joseph R. Smith |date=May 30, 1996 |publisher=The American Oil Chemists Society |isbn=9780935315615}}</ref> Today, Cargill imports palm oil and palm oil products from [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]] into Pakistan, selling them in the local market. It also buys raw cotton bales from producers in Pakistan and sells them to [[China]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]].<ref name=Pakistan/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0009bce4-a568-11e6-8b69-02899e8bd9d1 |title=Cargill seeks out fertile ground in Asia frontier markets |newspaper=Financial Times |date=November 23, 2016|last1=Vasagar|first1=Jeevan}}</ref> Cargill also deals in animal feed, agriculture commodities, cotton, grain and oilseeds, metals, palm and sugar business in Pakistan.<ref name=SECP>{{Cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/873705/secp-turns-down-incorporation-request-of-cargill-holdings/ |title=SECP turns down incorporation request of Cargill Holdings |date=April 22, 2015 |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

In January 2019, Cargill announced a $200 million investment to grow business in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1458302 |title=Cargill to grow Pakistan business with $200m investment |date=January 18, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |website=DAWN.com}}</ref>

===Europe===
In late 2022, Cargill confirmed that it would be able to export grain harvested in Ukraine despite the ongoing [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]. But it reported that it no longer controlled two facilities used to crush sunflower seeds, and that total Ukrainian production would therefore be 60% to 70% of normal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Cargill Starts Shipping 2022 Harvest From War-Torn Ukraine |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-01/cargill-starts-shipping-crops-from-ukraine-s-2022-harvest |access-date=December 28, 2022}}</ref>

=== Latin America ===
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/cargill-inversion-balanceadoanimal-guayaquil.html|title=Cargill invertirá USD 50 millones en nueva planta de balanceado animal en Ecuador|website=El Comercio|date=October 21, 2016 }}</ref> Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

===Middle East===
Jordan and United Arab Emirates.

===North America===
[[File:Salt-Newark-Cargill-20060121.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Clouds in the sky and in the distance piles of salt|Cargill [[salt]] harvesting in [[Newark, California]], [[United States of America|USA]].]]

[[File:Cargill Oilseed Processing West Fargo, ND.png|thumb|250px|alt=West Fargo Cargill Oilseed Processing.|Cargill [[oilseed]] processing in [[West Fargo, North Dakota]], [[United States of America|USA]].]]

Cargill sells salt in the US under the Diamond Crystal brand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knoebel |first1=Ariel |title=Diamond Crystal Is Here To Stay, But The Internet Is Salty About It |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielknoebel/2019/01/30/diamond-crystal-is-here-to-stay-but-the-internet-is-still-salty/ |work=Forbes |date=January 30, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Cargill sells turkey under the Honeysuckle White brand.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

====Meat processing plants====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Meat type !! Plant location !! Plant size !! Employees
|-
| Beef || Wyalusing, PA || 500K sq ft || 1,200
|-
| Beef || Fresno, CA || 400K sq ft|| 1,100
|-
| Beef || Milwaukee, WI || 250K sq ft || 950
|-
| Beef<ref>{{cite web |url=https://careers.cargill.com/en/friona-tx |title=Friona Protein Processing Plant |quote='...beef processing facility... produces more than 3 million pounds of beef per day' |date=2023-09-20 |website=careers.cargill.com |access-date= }}
</ref> || Friona, TX || ||
|}