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Sale of Accounts Receivable (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts Receivable Securitization Programs [Line Items] |  |  |
Proceeds from Sale and Collection of Receivables | $ 11,200,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables | $ 10,600,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfReceivables |
Collections applied to deferred consideration | 11,000,000,000 adm_Collectionsappliedtodeferredconsideration | 10,600,000,000 adm_Collectionsappliedtodeferredconsideration |
Cash payments received in exchange for the transfer of accounts receivable | 1,900,000,000 us-gaap_DerecognizedAssetsSecuritizedOrAssetbackedFinancingArrangementAssetsAndAnyOtherFinancialAssetsManagedTogetherPrincipalAmountOutstanding |  | 2,100,000,000 us-gaap_DerecognizedAssetsSecuritizedOrAssetbackedFinancingArrangementAssetsAndAnyOtherFinancialAssetsManagedTogetherPrincipalAmountOutstanding
Proceeds from transfer of receivables | 1,300,000,000 adm_Proceedsfromtransferofreceivables |  | 1,600,000,000 adm_Proceedsfromtransferofreceivables
Deferred receivables consideration | 614,000,000 adm_Deferredreceivablesconsideration |  | 511,000,000 adm_Deferredreceivablesconsideration
Loss on transfer of accounts receivables to purchasers | 1,000,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable | 1,000,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable |
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] |  |  |
Accounts Receivable Securitization Programs [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | 1,500,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = adm_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember |  |
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] | Program [Member] |  |  |
Accounts Receivable Securitization Programs [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | 1,200,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / adm_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationProgramsAxis = adm_ProgramMember / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = adm_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember |  |
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] | Second Program [Member] |  |  |
Accounts Receivable Securitization Programs [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | $ 300,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / adm_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationProgramsAxis = adm_SecondProgramMember / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = adm_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember |  |

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- Definition Deferred consideration related to the Company's accounts receivable securitization program. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction that have been derecognized. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=13989330&loc=d3e107314-111719 + Details
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- Definition Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=13989330&loc=d3e107425-111719 + Details
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