U.S. Political Contributions

Supporting a growth agenda
As a global agricultural leader, Archer Daniels Midland Company connects the harvest to the home and serves growing global demand for food and energy.

Our ability to fulfill this vital purpose is enhanced when government policies impacting our operations promote growth — growth that facilitates job creation; encourages ongoing investment in our business, our employees and the communities where we live and work; and returns value to our stockholders.

ADM and ADMPAC, a political action committee funded by our employees’ voluntary contributions, therefore support candidates for political office and organizations that share our pro-growth vision, our aspirations for the future of global agriculture, and our commitment to the people who depend on it for their lives and livelihoods. We strongly believe that this political activity is in the best interests of our stockholders, customers and employees.

In the fourth quarter of the 2011 calendar year, ADM’s corporate contributions totaled $13,750; for the year, the total amounted to $137,600, with recipients ranging from individual state candidate campaigns to state political parties and select state-level political associations.

ADMPAC's contributions to federal candidates, state candidates, and various federal and state campaign committees during the fourth quarter of the 2011 calendar year totaled $31,850; for the year, the total amounted to $154,600. These PAC contribution figures and supporting data have been filed with the Federal Election Commission.