Cargill reported $236 million in earnings from continuing operations in the fiscal 2012 first quarter ended Aug. 31, a 66 percent decrease from $693 million in the same period a year ago. Last year’s first quarter included an additional $190 million in earnings from Cargill’s former majority investment in The Mosaic Company. First-quarter 2012 revenues rose 34 percent to $34.6 billion.