On the Record · Archer-Daniels-Midland
Archer-Daniels-Midland acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Archer-Daniels-Midland bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
ComhanWord for word“The Company’s recent significant portfolio actions and announcements include: • the acquisition in February 2022 of Comhan, a leading South African flavor distributor; • the announcement in April 2022 of a growth investment in the Company’s oilseed facility in Mainz, Germany, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023; • the announcement in April 2022 of a $300 million investment in Decatur, Illinois to expand alternative protein production and the opening of a new, state-of-the-art protein innovation center, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025; • the announcement in April 2022 of a commitment to achieve 100% deforestation-free supply chains by 2025, five years earlier than previously targeted; • the announcement in May 2022 to significantly expand starch production at the Company’s Marshall, Minnesota facility, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2023; • the announcement in May 2022 of five projects funded with support from ADM, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, to provide farmers with technical and financial resources to help plant cover crop on half a million acres; • the announcement in June 2022 of the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and agriculture, to build and implement a sustainable crop protection model to soybean farmers in India; • the announcement in July 2022 of the signing of an agreement with Farmers Business Network (FBN) to expand availability of FBN’s leading-edge digital farm business management platform, Gradable, to ADM’s network of farmers across North America, offering 55,000 growers a comprehensive digital solution to manage their businesses and measure sustainable production data; • the announcement in August 2022 of the official inauguration of ScaleUp Bio, a joint venture with Nurasa (formerly Asia Sustainable Foods Platform), a company focused on accelerating the commercialization of sustainable foods in Asia.” 10-K for 2022 | acquisition | February 2022 | — |
Buckminster QuímicaWord for word“the announcement in November 2023 to expand crush capacity in Brazil and the acquisition of a controlling stake in Buckminster Química, a Macatuba, São Paulo-based producer of refined glycerin; and • the acquisition in December 2023 of D.C.A. Finance B.V., a commodity derivative brokerage service provider. ” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | November 2023 | — |
Prairie Pulse Inc., Buckminster Química, and D.C.A. Finance B.V.Word for word“During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company acquired Prairie Pulse Inc., an 83 % majority stake in Buckminster Química, and D.C.A. Finance B.V. for an aggregate cash consideration of $ 25 million.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | year ended December 31, 2023 | $ 25 million |
Kansas Protein Foods LLCWord for word“During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company acquired Kansas Protein Foods LLC for cash consideration of $ 23 million.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | year ended December 31, 2022 | $ 23 million |
Revela Foods, LLCWord for word“During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company acquired Revela Foods, LLC (“Revela”), a Wisconsin-based developer and manufacturer of innovative dairy flavor ingredients and solutions, Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd. (“FDL”), a UK-based leading developer and producer of premium flavor and functional ingredient systems, PT Trouw Nutrition Indonesia (“PT”), a leading provider of functional and nutritional solutions for livestock farming in Indonesia, and Totally Natural Solutions Ltd. (“TNS”), a UK-based hops flavoring producer, for an aggregate cash consideration of $ 948 million.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | During the year ended December 31, 2024 | $ 948 million |
Vandamme Hugaria KftWord for word“On January 31, 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of Vandamme Hugaria Kft, a 700 metric ton/day non-genetically modified crush and extraction facility based in Hungary, for an aggregate consideration of $ 123 million, subject to working capital adjustments.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | January 31, 2025 | $ 123 million |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $130 million | — |
| 2017-12-31 | $187 million | — |
| 2018-12-31 | $464 million | — |
| 2019-12-31 | $1.95 billion | $900 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $15 million | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.56 billion | $940 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $22 million | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $23 million | $20 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $927 million | $557 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $108 million | $36 million |
Read from Archer-Daniels-Midland’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-17. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.