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Updated revenues and employee count per 21 August 2007 news release, available from Cargill.com [1] _lise 18:12, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the criticism section -- this seemed like a highly biased and inflammatory quote from the cited article and certainly not NPOV. This may not be a Cargill promotional page, but neither is it a Greenpeace propaganda forum. Rufus Sarsaparilla 22:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cargill is actually the second-largest privately-held corporation in the US, and the world, behind Koch Industries (by revenue). $80 billion > $71 billion http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/40/40267.html

This page needs a lot of editing. Most of the information is about 4 years old or more and seems to be quoted from Monsanto articles from SWW. Family is no longer primary shareholder as company bought stock on employee stock program, they sold their seed business for ethical reasons, etc.

The comment about outsourcing is biased and in my opinion untrue. They've outsourced some functions. The company is growing and very much committed to employees. The comment sounds like it came from someone who lost their job and is not approaching this from NPOV. Scott Carpenter 17:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History?

I'm currently updating Savage, Minnesota and this Cargill article completely neglects any mention of its history and historical perspective within Minnesota, rather focusing on the right now. That's great for Wikinews but to be encyclopedic, this article needs to focus on what Cargill has been for almost a century. .:DavuMaya:. 03:14, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On the criticism section

I've tried to at least organize it, but it seems to be problematic --offering an unbalanced view and coatracking in arguments about deforestation. --Bobak (talk) 20:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I see what the problem is with this section. The article is about Cargill and this lists a number of problems that have involved Cargill. That to me seems fair criticism. DDD DDD (talk) 07:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Counties in Which Cargill Operates

Is this really needed? The list itself is aslong as the article before it and will get even longer as there are other counties that haven't been listed yet. Bidgee (talk) 21:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. How about taking it out of list form? It looks like this:

In Asia, Cargill operates in: Australia, China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Pakistan,Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Africa operations include: Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana,Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Central American/Caribbean operations include: Bonaire, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. European operations include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. North American operations include: Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America. South American operations include: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Nestify (talk) 14:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship to genetically modified crops

I think the corporate attitude of Monsanto towards genetical engineering is well known, however I think noone knows about Cargill, yet it is a big company. Is there no (new) data available for Cargill's strategy concerning "new" technologies & food? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.108.103.172 (talk) 18:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]