Insights and Stories on ADM

ADM, InnovaFeed to build world’s biggest insect protein plant in Illinois

Nov. 19, 2020 at 9:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain trader and processor Archer Daniels Midland and French biotech company InnovaFeed announced plans on Thursday to build the world’s largest insect protein plant at Decatur, Illinois. The announcement comes amid rising global feed grain prices and tightening supplies, and as more companies work toward […]

ADM beats profit estimates but revenue disappoints

Oct. 29, 2020 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Arundhati Sarkar Tom Polansek

Feds to probe complaints of wheat gluten dumping

Aug. 17, 2020 at 3:54 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Green Plains sues ADM, alleging ethanol market manipulation

Jul. 15, 2020 at 5:24 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Saudi Arabia completes first phase of flour mill privatization

Jul. 8, 2020 at 5:45 pm CDT

By maha-el-dahan Saeed Azhar Tom Arnold

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures down off gains

Apr. 24, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday after three straight days of gains as investors took some risk out of the market due to demand uncertainty stemming from the global coronavirus pandemic, traders said. Wheat futures also were lower, with forecasts for some rain in […]

By Mark Weinraub

Major grain traders’ e-transaction platform gets name

Dec. 5, 2019 at 10:14 pm CST

The blockchain-based global commodity transaction platform being developed by six of the world’s biggest agrifood firms is moving ahead with a new name and project leader. The six companies — ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, Cofco and Glencore Agriculture — announced Wednesday the project will be named Covantis, and have […]

By GFM Staff

ADM says to focus on organic growth after acquisitions

Nov. 13, 2019 at 11:07 am CST

Geneva | Reuters — Grain trader Archer Daniels Midland does not expect to continue its aggressive strategy of acquisitions in the next few years and will instead focus on organic growth, a senior official said on Wednesday. “With this level of acquisitions we have had, I don’t think you will […]

By Reuters

Major grain traders face one-two punch from U.S. floods, trade war

Jul. 10, 2019 at 9:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Severe U.S. weather likely dented earnings for large grain companies including Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge for a second straight quarter, adding to headwinds from a still-unresolved U.S.-China trade war, analysts and economists said. ADM and Bunge, as well as peers Cargill and Louis Dreyfus, known […]

By Karl Plume

ADM to combine grain trading, oilseed businesses

May. 29, 2019 at 12:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global grains trader Archer Daniels Midland said Wednesday it will consolidate five business units into four in the company’s second reorganization in just over a year as adverse weather and a U.S.-China trade dispute threaten profits. ADM will combine its grain trading and oilseeds segments into […]