Cargill Ltd.

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Cargill Limited is one of Canada's largest international agricultural companies. It employs approximately 6,000 across Canada with sales of $3.5 billion and $1.2 billion in assets. It was established in Canada in 1928 as a grain merchandising operation.

Today, it is involved in meat, egg, malt and oilseed processing, livestock feed, salt manufacturing, as well as crop input products, grain handling and merchandizing.

The parent company Cargill is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Canadian headquarters is in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

In 2005, Len Penner became Cargill ltd's CEO.