An Analysis of Cargill, Inc.'s California Dairy Nutrition Program
Camill, Inc. Company Overview
Cargill Inc. is the largest privately held company in the world. It has been in business for 135 years and manages to remain dynamic and at the forefront of the industries in which it participates. It ranks fourth among the nation's top food companies. Only outranked by Philip Morris Companies Inc., ConAgra, and PepsiCo. Cargill is a truly global company that markets, processes and distributes food, agricultural, industrial and financial products and services in 60 countries (see Figure 1). The company employs about 85,000 people worldwide and has 6 business sectors: Agriculture, Food Processing, Industrial, Trading, Financial Markets, and Joint Ventures. These different businesses make it a $7.46 billion dollar company (net worth), with sales of $47.6 billion and a net profit of $480 million in the year 2000.
One of its top performers is the Animal Nutrition Division (AND) under the
Agriculture Sector. The Animal Nutrition Division provides feed and consulting services service in nutrition and management to livestock farmers and pet owners around the globe. Cargill produces these feeds at 130 plants in 18 different countries in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. It produced 6.5 million tons of feed worldwide, earning them $1.6 billion in sales and $46 million in after-tax earnings for the year 2000. They also show $660 million in annual gross investment and a 13.2% ROGI (Return on Gross Investment). Cargill Animal Nutrition has had 15 years of continuous growth including the year 2000. Their strategic intent is to become the "Biggest and Best