ADM Named Most Admired Food Production Company

Archer Daniels Midland Company was ranked the most admired company in the food production industry for the second year in a row by Fortune magazine. Each  year, Fortune publishes a list of the "World's  Most  Admired Companies," (see the list of the most admired companies) which ranks companies in a variety of industries ranging from food production and pharmaceuticals to insurance and telecommunications.Fortune  also ranked ADM at the top spot in the food production industry in seven  of the nine categories by which companies are evaluated: innovation, use  of  corporate  assets,  social  responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment and quality of products/services. In  addition, ADM improved its overall score from its 2009 industry-leading ranking.