Segment Information

The Company is principally engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The Company’s operations are organized, managed, and classified into four reportable business segments: Agricultural Services, Corn Processing, Oilseeds Processing, and Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients. Each of these segments is organized based upon the nature of products and services offered. The Company’s remaining operations are not reportable segments, as defined by the applicable accounting standard, and are classified as Other.

The Agricultural Services segment utilizes its extensive global grain elevator and transportation networks, and port operations to buy, store, clean, and transport agricultural commodities, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, rice, and barley, and resells these commodities primarily as food and feed ingredients and as raw materials for the agricultural processing industry. The Agricultural Services segment includes international agricultural commodities merchandising and handling activities managed through a global trade desk based in Rolle, Switzerland. Agricultural Services’ grain sourcing, handling, and transportation network provides reliable and efficient services to the Company’s customers and agricultural processing operations. Agricultural Services’ transportation network capabilities include barge, ocean-going vessel, truck, and rail freight services. The Agricultural Services segment also includes the activities related to structured trade finance and the processing of wheat into wheat flour. This segment also includes the Company’s 32.2% share of the results of its Pacificor (formerly Kalama Export Company LLC) joint venture and returns associated with the Company’s 19.8% investment in GrainCorp. In April 2016, the Company acquired a 50% interest in Cairo-based Medsofts Group, a consolidated joint venture that owns and manages merchandising and supply chain operations.

The Company’s Corn Processing segment is engaged in corn wet milling and dry milling activities, utilizing its asset base primarily located in the central part of the United States with additional facilities in China, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The Corn Processing segment converts corn into sweeteners, starches, and bioproducts. Its products include ingredients used in the food and beverage industry including sweeteners, starch, syrup, glucose, and dextrose. Dextrose and starch are used by the Corn Processing segment as feedstocks for its bioproducts operations. Through the fermentation of dextrose, the Corn Processing segment produces alcohol, amino acids, and other food and animal feed ingredients. Ethyl alcohol is produced by the Company for industrial use as ethanol or as beverage grade. Ethanol, in gasoline, increases octane and is used as an extender and oxygenate. Bioproducts also include essential amino acids such as lysine and threonine used in swine and poultry diets to optimize performance. Corn gluten feed and meal, as well as distillers’ grains, are produced for use as animal feed ingredients. Corn germ, a by-product of the wet milling process, is further processed into vegetable oil and protein meal. The Corn Processing segment also includes activities related to the processing and distribution of formula feeds and animal health and nutrition products. Other Corn Processing products include citric acids and glycols, which are used in various food and industrial products. Additionally, the Corn Processing segment includes the activities of the Company’s Brazilian sugarcane ethanol plant and related operations. This segment also includes the Company’s share of the results of its equity investments in Almidones Mexicanos S.A. and Red Star Yeast Company LLC. The Company completed the sale of its sugarcane ethanol operations in Limeira do Oeste in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in May 2016 and acquired a Casablanca, Morocco-based corn wet mill that produces glucose and native starch from Tate & Lyle in June 2016.

The Oilseeds Processing segment includes global activities related to the origination, merchandising, crushing, and further processing of oilseeds such as soybeans and soft seeds (cottonseed, sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, and flaxseed) into vegetable oils and protein meals. Oilseeds products produced and marketed by the Company include ingredients for the food, feed, energy, and industrial products industries. Crude vegetable oils produced by the segment’s crushing activities are sold “as is” or are further processed by refining, blending, bleaching, and deodorizing into salad oils. Salad oils are sold “as is” or are further processed by hydrogenating and/or interesterifying into margarine, shortening, and other food products. Partially refined oils are used to produce biodiesel or are sold to other manufacturers for use in chemicals, paints, and other industrial products. Oilseed protein meals are principally sold to third parties to be used as ingredients in commercial livestock and poultry feeds. In Europe and South America, the Oilseeds Processing segment includes origination and merchandising activities as adjuncts to its oilseeds processing assets. These activities include a network of grain elevators, port facilities, and transportation assets used to buy, store, clean, and transport grains and oilseeds. The Oilseeds Processing segment is a major supplier of peanuts, tree nuts, and peanut-derived ingredients to both the U.S. and export markets. In North America, cottonseed flour is produced and sold primarily to the pharmaceutical industry and cotton cellulose pulp is manufactured and sold to the chemical, paper, and filter markets. The Oilseeds Processing segment also included activities related to its global chocolate and cocoa businesses until the sale of these businesses in July 2015 and October 2015, respectively. The Oilseeds Processing segment also includes the Company’s share of the results of its equity investment in Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) and its share of the results of its Stratas Foods LLC and Edible Oils Limited joint ventures. The Company acquired additional shares in Wilmar increasing its ownership interest from 19% to 20% in March 2016, 22% in June 2016, and 23% in September 2016.

The Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients segment engages in the manufacturing, sales, and distribution of specialty products including natural flavor ingredients, flavor systems, natural colors, proteins, emulsifiers, soluble fiber, polyols, hydrocolloids, natural health and nutrition products, and other specialty food and feed ingredients. The Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients segment also includes the activities related to the procurement, processing, and distribution of edible beans. The Company acquired a 90% controlling stake in Harvest Innovations, an industry leader in minimally processed, expeller-pressed soy proteins, oils, and gluten-free ingredients in February 2016; the remaining 60% interest in Amazon Flavors, a leading Brazilian manufacturer of natural extracts, emulsions and compounds, in May 2016; and Caterina Foods, a leading toll manufacturer of specialty gluten-free and high-protein pastas, in September 2016.

Other includes the Company’s remaining operations, primarily its financial business units, related to futures commission and insurance activities.

Intersegment sales have been recorded at amounts approximating market. Operating profit for each segment is based on net sales less identifiable operating expenses. Also included in segment operating profit is equity in earnings of affiliates based on the equity method of accounting. Certain Corporate items are not allocated to the Company’s reportable business segments. Corporate results principally include the impact of LIFO-related adjustments, unallocated corporate expenses, other charges including legal settlements, costs, and legal fees, interest cost net of investment income, and the Company’s share of the results of an equity investment.

Following the sale of the cocoa business in October 2015, the remaining results of Cocoa and Other were combined with the results of Refining, Packaging, Biodiesel, and Other within the Oilseeds Processing segment effective January 1, 2016. Prior period results were reclassified to conform to the current presentation.



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Gross revenues
Agricultural Services	$	7,597		$	7,623		$	21,461		$	24,534
Corn Processing	2,401			2,529			6,985			7,609
Oilseeds Processing	7,003			7,795			20,411			22,930
Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients	617			593			1,899			1,887
Other	136			164			449			481
Intersegment elimination	(1,922		)	(2,139		)	(5,360		)	(6,184		)
Total gross revenues	$	15,832		$	16,565		$	45,845		$	51,257

Intersegment sales
Agricultural Services	$	637		$	1,020		$	1,634		$	2,881
Corn Processing	10			10			35			45
Oilseeds Processing	1,228			1,048			3,540			3,068
Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients	6			5			16			11
Other	41			56			135			179
Total intersegment sales	$	1,922		$	2,139		$	5,360		$	6,184



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues from external customers
Agricultural Services
Merchandising and Handling	$	6,146		$	5,697		$	17,331		$	18,798
Milling and Other	754			835			2,325			2,673
Transportation	60			71			171			182
Total Agricultural Services	6,960			6,603			19,827			21,653
Corn Processing
Sweeteners and Starches	1,057			974			3,061			2,805
Bioproducts	1,334			1,545			3,889			4,759
Total Corn Processing	2,391			2,519			6,950			7,564
Oilseeds Processing
Crushing and Origination	3,660			4,222			10,799			12,214
Refining, Packaging, Biodiesel, and Other	2,042			2,481			5,852			7,455
Asia	73			44			220			193
Total Oilseeds Processing	5,775			6,747			16,871			19,862

Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients	611			588			1,883			1,876
Total Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients	611			588			1,883			1,876

Other - Financial	95			108			314			302
Total Other	95			108			314			302
Total revenues from external customers	$	15,832		$	16,565		$	45,845		$	51,257

Segment operating profit
Agricultural Services	$	193		$	149		$	365		$	495
Corn Processing	212			131			562			448
Oilseeds Processing	144			335			638			1,148
Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients	73			70			249			242
Other	23			24			84			39
Total segment operating profit	645			709			1,898			2,372
Corporate	(165		)	(342		)	(705		)	(789		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	480		$	367		$	1,193		$	1,583