Producer
Cargill, Incorporated
Largest privately held company in the US by revenue (~$160B in FY2024). Cargill Protein – North America processes beef and pork with major plants at Dodge City KS (one of the world's largest beef plants), Schuyler NE (4,800 cattle/day, 2.7M lbs/day), Wichita KS (beef). ~22% of US beef packing (mid-2000s estimate; current share may be slightly lower). Also a major agricultural commodity trader, animal feed maker, and food ingredient supplier. Cargill's private structure means no public financial disclosure — making supply chain risk assessment harder. The Cargill family holds the majority of shares, making it the wealthiest private US company.
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Goods downstream
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What they make
8 inputs Cargill, Incorporated supplies
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agricultural
Pharmaceutical-Grade Dextrose (D-Glucose Monohydrate) →
agricultural
Pharmaceutical-Grade Dextrose (Glucose) for PD Solution →
agricultural
Rapeseed / canola seed →
agricultural
Soybeans →
agricultural
Pork, Beef & Poultry Meat Trims (Processed Meat Feedstock) →
agricultural
Soy Lecithin (Food Grade Emulsifier) →
manufactured
Aquaculture Compound Feed (Fish / Shrimp Complete Diet) →
agricultural
Vital Wheat Gluten →
Where it shows up
Goods downstream
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Where they make it
10 facilities
Cargill Aqua Nutrition -- Florenaes, Norway (Ewos Acquisition) →
NOFlorenaes, Hordaland, Norway · manufacturing_plant
Cargill's primary Norwegian aquaculture feed facility, acquired when Cargill bought Ewos (formerly Norway's largest salmon feed company) in 2015 for $1.35 billion. With the Ewos acquisition, Cargill became one of the three dominant salmon feed suppliers globally. Norway Florenaes plant produces premium salmon feed for Norwegian fjord farms.
Cargill Barby Wheat Starch Factory →
DEBarby, Saxony-Anhalt · wet_mill
Produces wheat starches and vital wheat gluten for European market.
Cargill Decatur Illinois Lecithin Plant →
USDecatur, Macon County, Illinois · chemical_plant
Cargill's primary US soy lecithin production facility; AIB certified, offers non-GMO certified lecithin. Part of Cargill's Lecisoy/Emulfluid/Emulpur product line. Decatur, IL is in the heart of the Illinois soybean crush belt. This facility was expanded and the nearby Ohio soy crushing plant (also Cargill) became operational November 2023.
Cargill Eddyville Corn Wet Milling Plant →
USIowa · manufacturing
Cargill corn wet milling facility in Eddyville, Iowa. Produces pharmaceutical-grade dextrose (glucose) via enzymatic hydrolysis of corn starch, used as an active ingredient in D5W and other dextrose-containing IV solutions. One of Cargill's primary pharmaceutical-grade dextrose production sites.
Cargill Manchester Wheat Processing Plant →
GBTrafford Park, Manchester · wet_mill
Processes 750,000 tonnes of wheat/year; significant VWG output for UK and European markets.
Cargill Meat Solutions — Dodge City, Kansas (Beef) →
USDodge City, Ford County, Kansas · manufacturing
One of the largest beef processing plants in the United States. Located in southwest Kansas cattle country — one of the world's densest cattle feeding regions (the Texas-Oklahoma-Kansas 'feedlot corridor'). Cargill invested $48M in a distribution system upgrade in 2013. A COVID-related closure in April 2020 contributed to the temporary 13% drop in US beef processing capacity during the pandemic.
Cargill Meat Solutions — Schuyler, Nebraska (Beef) →
USSchuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska · manufacturing
4,800 cattle/day; 2.7M lbs/day of meat. 2,000 employees. COVID-19 closure April 2020: plant temporarily closed after worker infections. Later permanently closed by Cargill as part of processing network rationalization.
Cargill Regina Canola Crush Plant →
CASaskatchewan · crushing_plant
Processes 1 million MT of canola seed annually at full capacity; supports Canada record 11.4M MT canola crush in 2024.
Cargill Sidney Soybean Processing Plant →
USOhio · crushing_plant
Expanded 2023; 1.5 million MT annual soybean crush capacity, producing 320,000 MT RBD soybean oil per year; nearly doubled prior capacity.
Cargill Zaandam Netherlands Lecithin Facility →
NLZaandam, North Holland · chemical_plant
Cargill European lecithin production and specialty phospholipid fractionation; ISO 9001, GMP+, BRC, HACCP certified; non-GMO certified. Zaandam is a historic food ingredient processing hub in the Netherlands. Serves European chocolate, infant formula, and pharmaceutical buyers requiring non-GMO lecithin.
What else they do
Business segments
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Agricultural Supply Chain (Trading)
35%Animal Protein (Beef, Pork)
25%Food Ingredients
25%Animal Nutrition + Financial
15%