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Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of The Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate To The Company's Effective Tax Rate On Earnings) (Details)
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jun. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]          
Statutory rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit (as a percent) 2.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Foreign earnings taxed at rates other than the U.S. statutory rate (as a percent) (7.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (7.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (4.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (3.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (4.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Foreign currency remeasurement (as a percent) 2.60%adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateComponentOfForeignCurrencyRemeasurement (0.30%)adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateComponentOfForeignCurrencyRemeasurement 0.10%adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateComponentOfForeignCurrencyRemeasurement (0.90%)adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateComponentOfForeignCurrencyRemeasurement (3.30%)adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateComponentOfForeignCurrencyRemeasurement
Income tax adjustments to filed returns (as a percent) (1.50%)adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAdjustmentToFiledReturnsAsPercent (0.70%)adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAdjustmentToFiledReturnsAsPercent (2.50%)adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAdjustmentToFiledReturnsAsPercent 0.50%adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAdjustmentToFiledReturnsAsPercent 0.90%adm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAdjustmentToFiledReturnsAsPercent
Biodiesel credit (as a percent)     (1.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits (5.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Deduction, Qualified Production Activity, Percent     (1.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (1.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities  
Valuation allowance (as a percent)     0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 8.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Other (as a percent) (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 1.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 1.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rate 30.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 30.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 33.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 29.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations