Archer Daniels Midland is one of the worlds largest agricultural processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. The company works with farmers across the world to turn these crops into soy meal and oil, corn sweeteners, flour, cocoa and chocolate, ethanol and biodiesel, as well as a wide portfolio of other value-added food ingredients, animal nutrition and industrial products. The company s global transportation network, from Topeka, Kan., to Taiwan, and its facilities around the world combine to allow it to grow things where they grow best, and sell things where they re needed most. Founded in 1902 and incorporated in 1923, Archer Daniels Midland is headquartered in Decatur, Ill., and operates processing and manufacturing facilities throughout the world.