History

Cargill has a long, rich history, starting with W. W. Cargill's first grain storage facility on the American frontier in 1865. The company has grown to become one of the largest, privately-owned businesses, providing food, agricultural and risk management products and services around the globe.

To learn more about Cargill's history, click on the dates located to the left or view the following documents:

Cargill's History 2-page overview PDF (26KB)
Cargill:Trading the World's Grain 32-page summary of the book by the same title PDF (1.7MB)

Read more:

Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. Cargill: Trading the World’s Grain (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1992).

Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. Cargill: Going Global (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1998).

W. Duncan MacMillan. MacMillan: The American Grain Family (Afton, Minnesota: Afton Historical Society Press, 1998).

John L. Work. Cargill Beginnings … an Account of Early Years (Minneapolis: Cargill, 1965). [out of print]

The History of Cargill, Incorporated 1865-1945 (Minneapolis: Cargill, 1945). [out of print]

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