ADM
Agricultural processing & ingredients · United States
ADM buys crops from farmers worldwide and processes oilseeds, corn and wheat into vegetable oils, animal feed, sweeteners, biofuels, flavors and other ingredients for food, feed, fuel and industrial customers.
What makes it different
It owns almost a quarter of Asia's Wilmar.
22.5%Ownership of Wilmar InternationalDec 31, 2025
ADM's 22.5% stake in Singapore-listed Wilmar adds Asian palm oil, sugar and flour profits to its own.
How big it is
How big is ADM?
$80.3BRevenuesFY2025
36.3MOilseeds processedFY2025
41,496Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025
Mostly trading and crushing crops.
- Ag Services and Oilseeds77%$61.6B
- Carbohydrate Solutions13%$10.7B
- Nutrition9%$7.51B
- Other Business1%$449.0M
How the business works
Buy crops, crush them, sell the parts.
- 1Crops from farmers
- 2Into oils, meal, sweeteners
- 3To food, feed, fuel
Profit comes from the spread between crop costs and product prices, not from crop prices themselves.
Who owns it
- The Vanguard Group12.79%
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and related entities10.44%
- BlackRock, Inc.9.4%
CEO: Juan R. Luciano
Who it competes with
CCargillBBungeLLouis Dreyfus CompanyCCOFCO InternationalIInternational Flavors & Fragrances
Key moments
- 1902Linseed business founded
- 1923Merger with Midland Linseed
- 1924Listed on the NYSE
- 2014WILD Flavors acquired
- 2015Juan Luciano becomes CEO
Sources
Every number on this page comes from ADM's own reports.
Full profile
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What ADM tracks17 metrics
Oilseeds processed
Corn processed
Daily processing capacity
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from8 regions
United States
Switzerland
Cayman Islands
The full timeline15 moments
2014
2015
2025
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