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OABA Sustaining Sponsor Spotlight: Cargill

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Cargill began when William Wallace Cargill became the proprietor of a single, grain flat house in Conover, Iowa in 1865. A year later, William was joined by his brother, Sam, forming W.W. Cargill and Brother. Together, they built grain flat houses and opened a lumberyard. In 1875, Cargill moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and brother, James, joined the family business. Sam Cargill left La Crosse in 1887 and moved to Minneapolis to manage the office there, which was identified as an important emerging grain center. The Cargill family diversified into grain elevators, insurance, flour milling, farming, lumber and a railroad.

Decades later, Cargill remains privately owned and true to the vision of founder W.W. Cargill: helping farmers prosper, connecting markets and bringing consumers the products they’re seeking. Cargill’s 155,000 employees across 70 countries - 1,532 employees at 19 locations in Ohio - work relentlessly to achieve their purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Every day, Cargill connects farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Cargill is applying analytics to ignite growth through data. In today’s complex marketplace, farmers are looking for a digital edge. Cargill is deploying a variety of smart tools for producers that enable us to work together more effectively and sustainably. Within 10 years, digitalized agriculture has the potential to raise yields sufficiently to provide for 1 billion people. Tapping data gathered by satellites and other sensors, Cargill is developing more informed analysis about everything from crop yields to the movements of shipping vessels on the high seas. These insights help us better serve our customers and reveal ways to achieve greater sustainability and opportunities for growth.

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From Cargill: “OABA is a critical partner for Cargill. OABA helps us identify ideas, solutions and strategies, and offers valuable tools and platforms. For Cargill, OABA is an important investment in knowledge, education, research, advocacy and networking. Advocacy is probably a key service OABA provides – the organization is dedicated to protecting and advancing the needs and opportunities of our industry. Having a dedicated team to advocate on our behalf is incredibly powerful. 

OABA keeps Cargill apprised of important, evolving issues, trends, regulations, and legislation in Ohio. The organization is incredibly influential and instrumental in helping us tackle challenges we aren’t able to address on our own. OABA effectively predicts and works to shape trends so that our industry is not just reactive, but offers a positive future vision that resonates with elected officials and the general public.”

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