ADM 📈 Archer-Daniels-Midland - Overview

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is a multinational corporation that specializes in the procurement, transportation, storage, processing, and merchandising of a wide range of agricultural commodities, ingredients, flavors, and solutions. With operations in numerous countries, including the United States, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and others, the company has a significant global presence. Its business is divided into three primary segments: Ag Services and Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition, each of which plays a critical role in the company's overall operations.

The company's Ag Services and Oilseeds segment is responsible for originating, merchandising, storing, and transporting agricultural raw materials, such as oilseeds and soft seeds. This segment also engages in the import, export, and distribution of agricultural commodities and feed products, as well as various structured trade finance activities. Additionally, the company offers a variety of products, including soybean meal and oil, vegetable and salad oils, and protein meals, which are used by food, feed, energy, and industrial customers. The company's capabilities in this area are further enhanced by its ability to provide margarine, shortening, and other food products, as well as partially refined oils that can be used to produce biodiesel and glycols for use in chemicals, paints, and other industrial products.

The Carbohydrate Solutions segment is another key part of the company's business, and it is involved in the production of a range of ingredients, including peanuts, peanut-derived ingredients, and cotton cellulose pulp. The company also offers sweeteners, corn and wheat starches, syrup, glucose, wheat flour, and dextrose, as well as alcohol and other food and animal feed ingredients. Furthermore, the company provides ethyl alcohol and ethanol, corn gluten feed and meal, distillers' grains, corn germ, and citric acids, among other products. This segment is critical to the company's ability to provide a diverse range of ingredients to its customers, who use them in a variety of applications, including food, feed, and industrial products.

The Nutrition segment is the company's third primary business segment, and it is focused on the production of a wide range of specialty food and feed ingredients. The company offers proteins, natural flavors, flavor systems, natural colors, emulsifiers, soluble fiber, polyols, hydrocolloids, probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, enzymes, and botanical extracts, among other products. Additionally, the company provides edible beans, formula feeds, and animal health and nutrition products, as well as contract and private label pet treats and food products. This segment is critical to the company's ability to provide high-value ingredients to its customers, who use them to produce a variety of food, feed, and other products.

In addition to its three primary business segments, the company also offers a range of other services and products, including futures commission merchant services, commodity brokerage services, and cash margins and securities pledged to commodity exchange clearinghouses. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ADM. With a long history of operations and a strong global presence, the company is a leading player in the agricultural products and services industry.