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Why don’t we hear more about Cargill on this site?

by amerine 6y ago

kube-system 6y ago
Because their main business is agriculture?
- newsclues 6y ago
  ArgriTech is huge.
- uberdru 6y ago
  Correction: "agribusiness".
- protomyth 6y ago
  Sorta, but not really https://www.cargill.com/products https://www.cargill.com/products It was their main business, but I'm not sure it is anymore.
  - MattGaiser 6y ago
    That still seems like agriculture and agricultural products.
    - protomyth 6y ago
      Steel, Salt, Transportation, and all the Finance stuff are big parts of the company. Ag is still a big thing, but I'm not sure if the others don't bring in more money.
protomyth 6y ago
They are a private company, so no stock drama only some family drama. They are out of Minnesota and most people ignore that as a corporate center. Most of what they do isn't under the name Cargill. They actually resemble an old conglomerate more than a focused company. Heck, most employees don't know what all they do, and you really don't interact with that many other divisions. Also, realistically and in comparison to other companies, you really have to stretch to call them public enemy one. There is really no danger of Cargill impacting your life like one of the big tech companies. There are other strong players in everyone of their markets.
- gruez 6y ago
  >Also, realistically and in comparison to other companies, you really have to stretch to call them public enemy one. There is really no danger of Cargill impacting your life like one of the big tech companies. There are other strong players in everyone of their markets. You can make the same argument for monsanto, but they get a lot of public flak.
  - protomyth 6y ago
    Monsanto is a bit more "in your face" than Cargill. In fact, Cargill lost a seed lawsuit that had some deep effects. How they write about it is interesting https://www.cargill.com/history-story/en/SEED-SALE-AND-INTEGRITY.jsp https://www.cargill.com/history-story/en/SEED-SALE-AND-INTEG...
    - bovermyer 6y ago
      Except Cargill now owns what used to be Monsanto.
      - dragonwriter 6y ago
        > Except Cargill now owns what used to be Monsanto. No it doesn't, Bayer owns what used to be Monsanto. https://www.bayer.com/en/procurement/monsanto-acquisition https://www.bayer.com/en/procurement/monsanto-acquisition
        bovermyer 6y ago
        My mistake.
- shaftway 6y ago
  > There is really no danger of Cargill impacting your life like one of the big tech companies. Cargill is the second largest producer of beef in the US and among their numerous issues are deaths due to E Coli. Not to mention their rampant chemical dumping. If you are a US citizen you are more likely to be killed by Cargill than by most of the big tech companies (I said "most" instead of "all" because I think the jury is still out on Amazon).
bane 6y ago
For many of the reasons already listed. They're a giant, private, agricultural company that's almost entirely in parts of the supply chain that consumers don't see (B2B), but almost certainly impacts most Americans (and many other parts of the world) every single day. They're also very low margin, and if you aren't working in farming areas, has a corporate headquarters in a place not too much tech happens in. There's almost no reason for it to ever show up here. However, if you were awake today and ate food, you probably encountered something Cargill had something to do with. They also purposely try to keep a relatively low profile. One of their very first consumer facing products was Truvia, which didn't come out until 2008, for a company founded in the 19th century.

Why don’t we hear more about Cargill on this site?

kube-system 6y ago

Because their main business is agriculture?

newsclues 6y ago
ArgriTech is huge.
uberdru 6y ago
Correction: "agribusiness".
protomyth 6y ago
Sorta, but not really https://www.cargill.com/products https://www.cargill.com/products It was their main business, but I'm not sure it is anymore.
- MattGaiser 6y ago
  That still seems like agriculture and agricultural products.
  - protomyth 6y ago
    Steel, Salt, Transportation, and all the Finance stuff are big parts of the company. Ag is still a big thing, but I'm not sure if the others don't bring in more money.

protomyth 6y ago

They are a private company, so no stock drama only some family drama. They are out of Minnesota and most people ignore that as a corporate center. Most of what they do isn't under the name Cargill. They actually resemble an old conglomerate more than a focused company. Heck, most employees don't know what all they do, and you really don't interact with that many other divisions. Also, realistically and in comparison to other companies, you really have to stretch to call them public enemy one. There is really no danger of Cargill impacting your life like one of the big tech companies. There are other strong players in everyone of their markets.

gruez 6y ago
>Also, realistically and in comparison to other companies, you really have to stretch to call them public enemy one. There is really no danger of Cargill impacting your life like one of the big tech companies. There are other strong players in everyone of their markets. You can make the same argument for monsanto, but they get a lot of public flak.
- protomyth 6y ago
  Monsanto is a bit more "in your face" than Cargill. In fact, Cargill lost a seed lawsuit that had some deep effects. How they write about it is interesting https://www.cargill.com/history-story/en/SEED-SALE-AND-INTEGRITY.jsp https://www.cargill.com/history-story/en/SEED-SALE-AND-INTEG...
  - bovermyer 6y ago
    Except Cargill now owns what used to be Monsanto.
    - dragonwriter 6y ago
      > Except Cargill now owns what used to be Monsanto. No it doesn't, Bayer owns what used to be Monsanto. https://www.bayer.com/en/procurement/monsanto-acquisition https://www.bayer.com/en/procurement/monsanto-acquisition
      - bovermyer 6y ago
        My mistake.
shaftway 6y ago
> There is really no danger of Cargill impacting your life like one of the big tech companies. Cargill is the second largest producer of beef in the US and among their numerous issues are deaths due to E Coli. Not to mention their rampant chemical dumping. If you are a US citizen you are more likely to be killed by Cargill than by most of the big tech companies (I said "most" instead of "all" because I think the jury is still out on Amazon).

bane 6y ago

For many of the reasons already listed. They're a giant, private, agricultural company that's almost entirely in parts of the supply chain that consumers don't see (B2B), but almost certainly impacts most Americans (and many other parts of the world) every single day. They're also very low margin, and if you aren't working in farming areas, has a corporate headquarters in a place not too much tech happens in. There's almost no reason for it to ever show up here. However, if you were awake today and ate food, you probably encountered something Cargill had something to do with. They also purposely try to keep a relatively low profile. One of their very first consumer facing products was Truvia, which didn't come out until 2008, for a company founded in the 19th century.