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Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) Biodiesel
Agricultural commodity giant (NYSE: ADM, HQ Chicago); one of the largest U.S. biodiesel producers from soybean oil and corn oil. Operates biodiesel plants at Velva ND, Columbus NE, and other locations integrated with soy processing operations — ADM crushes soybeans for oil (which becomes biodiesel) and meal (which becomes animal feed). The same company that makes high-fructose corn syrup, soy protein isolate, and livestock feed ingredients also produces a significant share of U.S. biodiesel. ADM biodiesel benefits from vertical integration with agricultural commodity trading and soy crushing.
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Oilseed Processing & Biodiesel
30%Grain & Corn Processing
25%Agricultural Commodity Trading
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Did you know2023
ADM's soybean crushing operation produces soy oil AND soy meal from the same soybeans -- the oil goes to biodiesel production (renewable energy supply chain) and the meal goes to animal feed (livestock and poultry supply chain). The soy crushing capacity decision determines simultaneously how much biodiesel feedstock is available AND how much animal feed protein is available. When soy oil prices rise relative to diesel prices, ADM has incentive to direct more soybeans to oil-heavy crush (more oil per bushel), and when animal feed protein demand is high, crush margins favor meal. The biodiesel supply chain and the poultry/pork feed supply chain are coupled through the same facility decision at ADM crush plants. A drought that reduces US soybean production -- or a US-China trade disruption in soy exports -- simultaneously affects renewable fuel (biodiesel from soy oil) and animal protein (livestock fed on soy meal). The Renewable Fuel Standard and US farm bill policies both affect ADM's soy processing economics from different directions, making ADM's crushing decisions a simultaneous policy response to two unrelated regulatory frameworks.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ↗Origin2023
Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) was founded in 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by George A. Archer and John W. Daniels as a linseed oil processing company. In 1923 they merged with the Midland Linseed Products Company to form ADM. The company grew through the 20th century as a major grain merchant, soy crusher, and food ingredient producer, but its most controversial era began with the 1970s commodity boom and Dwayne Andreas' long tenure as CEO. ADM under Andreas became the subject of the largest price-fixing conspiracy in US history: the lysine cartel (1992-1995), in which ADM and Japanese competitors were convicted of fixing the price of lysine (an animal feed amino acid) globally. The FBI informant inside ADM, Mark Whitacre, is the basis for the movie 'The Informant!'. ADM paid $100M in fines -- at the time the largest antitrust fine in US history. The same company that ran an international lysine price-fixing cartel is now one of the largest US biodiesel producers, one of the largest soy protein suppliers for meat alternatives, and a major global grain trader -- all from the same Chicago-headquartered agricultural processing empire.
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