10 Oct 2013 --- Cargill reported net earnings of $571 million in the fiscal 2014 first quarter, down 41 percent from last year’s record quarter of $975 million. First-quarter revenues of $33.8 billion matched the year-ago period. “Cargill did an excellent job managing the remaining effects of last year’s severe drought and smaller crops,” said Greg Page, Cargill’s chairman and chief executive officer.
