Cargill has been active in South Africa since 1995; and, has around 100 employees in the country. Our South African operations are headquartered in Johannesburg. 

We have activities in the following areas in South Africa: 

• Grain and oilseed trading 
• Specialty food ingredients, including flavors and sweeteners 
• Coal trading 
• Commodity price risk management

Cargill Investments in South Africa

• 2007 - Cargill built an anaerobic digester on a pig farm in South Africa. The digester, which is the first in the country, converts pig effluent into power, and has been built at Humphries Boerdery Pty Ltd, a family-fun pig farm business, situated north of Johannesburg. 

• 2004 – Cargill acquired the International Flavour House, The Duckworth Group, which included a food and beverage flavor distribution and manufacturing operation in Killarney Gardens, Western Cape