Bringing together leading market analysis capabilities to enable strategic relationships
Clarity is a competitive advantage in complex and fast-moving markets. As one of the largest participants in global supply chains for food, agriculture, and metals, Cargill brings together proprietary data, deep market expertise, and advanced analytics to illuminate trends and uncover insights that matter.
We work with select global financial institutions to support products used by leading investors around the world. These relationships draw on Cargill’s key capabilities and long-standing presence in physical and financial markets. Through this collaboration we enable these firms to offer unique and compelling investment strategies in commodity futures and other assets. The key deliverable that enables this collaboration is Cargill’s fundamental and systematic commodity market sentiment.
Our data advantage
With operations in more than 125 countries and relationships with hundreds of thousands of farmers and customers, Cargill has a uniquely broad and deep view of global supply chains. These touchpoints generate alternative datasets—distinct from traditional public sources—that reflect real-world activity across agriculture, transportation, and metals.
Our global network of data scientists and analysts is embedded within our trading and operational teams, enabling us to integrate quantitative models with fundamental market knowledge. This combination has transformed how we run our businesses—and how we understand the world.
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Key Inputs to Market Sentiment
Cargill builds our market sentiment using a wide range of analytics capabilities, including:
- Demand Forecasting, Weather & Crop Analysis
Proprietary systems source and validate analysis quantifying potential impacts on commodity supply and demand. - Operations Data
Aggregated and anonymized data from our global supply chains provide visibility into market movements, pricing trends, and evolving demand. - Fundamental Market Analysis
Our senior traders and analysts produce regular commentary on both fundamental and disruptive market drivers, helping institutional investors focus on what matters most. - Systematic & Algorithmic Modelling
Senior quantitative trading talent leveraging decades of experience across commercial trading firms, investment banks, hedge funds.
These insights are used across Cargill’s businesses and by select financial institutions to support investment products and strategies.
