Standard&Poor's Ratings Services' ratings on Minnetonka, Minn.-based Cargill Inc. and its related entities reflect a strong business risk profile and satisfactory financial risk profile. Cargill's strong business risk profile is supported by the firm's stable margins and significant market positions in agricultural processing, commodity merchandising, and industrial production across key regions of the globe. Its satisfactory financial profile reflects a highly liquid balance sheet,; less emphasis on earnings contribution from the company's higher-risk risk management and financial segment, as well as our belief that the company will maintain credit measures that are consistent with a satisfactory financial profile, including adjusted debt to EBIDTA on average of about 2.5x. The company's product and geographic diversity and vast communication and
