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Mar. 31, 2021
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Subsequent Events [Text Block] | Subsequent Events The Company amended the ADM Retirement Plan and the ADM Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees (the “Plans”) and on March 26, 2021, entered into two binding agreements to purchase: (1) a group annuity contract from Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal”) and (2) two group annuity contracts, separately from American General Life Insurance Company (“AGL”) and from AGL’s affiliate, The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York (“USL”), irrevocably transferring the future benefit obligations and annuity administration for approximately 6,000 retirees and terminated vested participants from the Plans to Principal, AGL, and USL. The purchase of the group annuity contracts, which was funded directly by the Plans’ assets, was settled on April 1, 2021 and reduced the Company’s pension obligations by approximately $0.7 billion. As a result of the transactions, the Company expects to recognize a non-cash pretax pension settlement charge of approximately $80 million in the second quarter of 2021. On April 1, 2021, the Company announced the resumption of ethanol production at its corn dry mill facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Columbus, Nebraska based upon improvement in current market conditions and demand outlook, with initial ethanol deliveries for customers beginning in April 2021 and ramping up to full rates by late spring. The ethanol production in these facilities was temporarily idled in April 2020.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 855 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 855 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662 + Details
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