| Year | Detail |
| 1902 |
ADM is founded as Daniels Linseed Co. |
| 1923 |
Changed name to Archer Daniels Midland Company. |
| 1927 |
Formed grain division. |
| 1929 |
Acquired Commander Larabee flour milling business. |
| 1963 |
Built export terminal at the Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1967 |
Entered barge freight business. |
| 1974 |
Acquired first soybean processing plants in Europe and South America. |
| 1979 |
Established ADM Trucking. |
| 1986 |
Formed Golden Peanut Company. |
| 1994 |
Invested in Asian agribusiness Wilmar. |
| 1997 |
Acquired Glencore’s Brazilian operations and Entered into the edible beans business. |
| 2014 |
Built the first wholly-owned food-ingredient facility in China. |
| 2016 |
Launched ADM Medsofts. |
| 2020 |
Acquired Yerbalatina and Plant Plus Foods. |
| 2021 |
Acquired PetDine, Deerland, and SojaProtein. |
| 2022 |
Acquired FISA and Kansas Protein Foods LLC. |