Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (A1DM34)

Overview

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, widely known as ADM, is a global leader in the agricultural sector, focusing on a comprehensive range of services including procurement, transportation, storage, processing, and merchandising of agricultural commodities and products. Founded in 1902 with its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, ADM operates on a global scale across various locations including the United States, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company's operations are divided into three primary segments: Ag Services and Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition, catering to a diverse spectrum of commodities such as oilseeds, soft seeds, and a vast array of agricultural raw materials. Additionally, ADM is involved in structured trade finance activities, playing a significant role in the agricultural commodity and feed product import, export, and distribution markets.

Products and Services

ADM's expansive portfolio touches various aspects of the agricultural and nutritional sectors, tailored to meet the needs of food, feed, energy, and industrial customers worldwide. Below is a detailed overview of their offerings:

• Soybean and Vegetable Products: This includes soybean meals and oils, vegetable and salad oils, protein meals, and partially refined oils used in biodiesel and industrial products.
• Margarine and Food Products: The company manufactures margarine, shortening, and other essential products for food applications.
• Agricultural Commodities: ADM is active in the import, export, and distribution of peanuts, peanut-derived ingredients, and cotton cellulose pulp.
• Carbohydrate Solutions: They offer sweeteners, corn and wheat starches, syrups, glucose, wheat flour, dextrose, alcohol, and ethanol, catering to both food and industrial needs.
• Feed Ingredients: ADM provides essential feed ingredients like corn gluten feed and meal, distillers' grains, corn germ, and citric acids.
• Nutrition and Health: The company’s nutrition segment includes proteins, natural flavors, colors, emulsifiers, fibers, polyols, hydrocolloids, probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, enzymes, and botanical extracts for food and feed applications.
• Edible Beans and Animal Health: In addition to edible beans, ADM offers formula feeds and products focused on animal health and nutrition, alongside contract and private label pet treats and foods.
• Commodity Brokerage Services: ADM provides futures commission merchant and commodity brokerage services, facilitating trade and managing risk for its clients.