date:Jan 10, 2013
s benefited from large grain shipments in Canada, but the impact of drought-reduced crops in the Midwest held U.S. results below the year-ago level, Cargill said.
Cargills risk management and financial segment reversed course from a year ago, rebounding from a loss in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 to post an earnings gain in the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Last years results were bogged down by a period when financial markets were stressed by debt turmoil in the United States and Europe.