NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Nov. 7, 2011--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A' senior unsecured debt rating to Minnetonka, Minn.-based Cargill Inc.'s $500 million 3.250% senior unsecured note offering due 2021. The notes have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are being offered to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A of the Securities Act. Standard&Poor's ratings on Cargill and its related entities reflect our opinion that the company has a "strong" business risk profile (as our criteria define the term) and our assessment of the company's financial risk as "intermediate." Our view of Cargill's business risk profile is supported by the firm's stable margins and significant market positions in
