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ADM commonly refers to Archer Daniels Midland Company, an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ADM is one of the world's largest processors of agricultural commodities, handling crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and canola, and it produces a range of food ingredients, animal feed, biofuels, and other products.

The company traces its roots to 1902, originally as a corn milling business, and it expanded through mergers and acquisitions, adopting the Archer Daniels Midland name in the early 20th century. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ADM and operates across a global network of production, trading, and logistics facilities.

In another domain, ADM stands for Assistant Deputy Minister in the Canadian federal public service. An ADM is a senior non-political administrator within a department, responsible for policy development, program delivery, and resource management, reporting to the department’s Deputy Minister and to the minister in charge.

As an acronym, ADM has multiple other uses in different fields and organizations, and the intended meaning often depends on the context in which it appears. When encountering the term, it is useful to consider the organizational or disciplinary setting to identify the correct interpretation.