In 2003, it split off a portion of its financial operations into Black River Asset Management, a hedge fund with about $10 billion of assets and liabilities. Cargill also has a large financial services arm, which manages financial risks in the commodity markets for the company.

Some of Cargill's major businesses are trading, purchasing and distributing grain and other agricultural commodities, such as palm oil trading in energy, steel and transport raising livestock and production of feed and producing food ingredients such as starch and glucose syrup, vegetable oils and fats for application in processed foods and industrial use. Cargill has frequently been the subject of criticism related to the environment, human rights, finance, and other ethical considerations.

Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.

Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware.

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