31 Mar 2017 --- Agricultural commodities merchant Cargill has posted extremely strong third quarter results with its food ingredients & applications segment the largest contributor to adjusted operating earnings which were were US$715 million in the third quarter, a 50% jump from US$476 million in the same period a year ago, while net earnings for the quarter on a U.S. GAAP basis were US$650 million. That is a 42% increase from last year’s US$459 million.