date:Jan 10, 2013
the second quarter was the food ingredients and applications segment, which eased from the year-ago quarter. The segment is made up of two groups of businesses: food ingredients and animal protein.
Combined earnings in food ingredients were down moderately from last years strong performance, Cargill said. The slippage was mostly related to excess capacity in the North American ethanol market and the return of profits in some product lines to more normalized levels. The animal protein businesses