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Cargill fiscal 4th quarter net slides 82%

Cargill Inc. reported an 82 percent slide in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit, citing tough trading conditions in beef and soybean processing and an economic and political environment that the agribusiness group has said distorts the pricing of risk, Dow Jones reports.
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Cargill Inc. reported an 82 percent slide in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit, citing tough trading conditions in beef and soybean processing and an economic and political environment that the agribusiness group has said distorts the pricing of risk, Dow Jones reports.

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