Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

	Year Ended
(In millions)	December 31
	2018			2017			2016
Gross revenues
Origination	$	29,622		$	28,300		$	29,812
Oilseeds	29,092			26,424			25,235
Carbohydrate Solutions	11,421			11,314			11,549
Nutrition	3,835			3,562			3,540
Other	381			387			408
Intersegment elimination	(10,010		)	(9,159		)	(8,198		)
Total	$	64,341		$	60,828		$	62,346
Intersegment revenues
Origination	$	4,562		$	4,176		$	4,066
Oilseeds	4,261			4,036			3,281
Carbohydrate Solutions	1,142			908			834
Nutrition	45			39			17
Total	$	10,010		$	9,159		$	8,198
Revenues from external customers
Origination
Merchandising and Handling	$	24,816		$	23,915		$	25,522
Transportation	244			209			224
Total Origination	25,060			24,124			25,746
Oilseeds
Crushing and Origination	16,943			14,171			14,034
Refining, Packaging, Biodiesel, and Other	7,888			8,217			7,920
Total Oilseeds	24,831			22,388			21,954
Carbohydrate Solutions
Starches and Sweeteners	6,696			6,565			6,413
Bioproducts	3,583			3,841			4,302
Total Carbohydrate Solutions	10,279			10,406			10,715
Nutrition
Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients	2,571			2,367			2,466
Animal Nutrition	1,219			1,156			1,057
Total Nutrition	3,790			3,523			3,523
Other	381			387			408
Total	$	64,341		$	60,828		$	62,346

	Year Ended
(In millions)	December 31
	2018		2017			2016
Depreciation
Origination	$	165	$	168		$	169
Oilseeds	207		202			194
Carbohydrate Solutions	328		322			322
Nutrition	80		75			70
Other	6		6			5
Corporate	26		29			27
Total	$	812	$	802		$	787
Long-lived asset abandonments and write-downs(1)
Origination	$	25	$	11		$	3
Oilseeds	15		6			8
Carbohydrate Solutions	—		63			4
Nutrition	11		21			—
Corporate	49		—			2
Total	$	100	$	101		$	17
Interest income
Origination	$	16	$	12		$	21
Oilseeds	29		27			27
Carbohydrate Solutions	1		1			2
Nutrition	2		2			3
Other	100		57			35
Corporate	14		7			4
Total	$	162	$	106		$	92
Equity in earnings of affiliates
Origination	$	10	$	23		$	16
Oilseeds	411		368			208
Carbohydrate Solutions	62		78			82
Nutrition	17		14			16
Other	—		—			10
Corporate	18		(27		)	(40		)
Total	$	518	$	456		$	292
(1) See Note 18 for total asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs.

	Year Ended
(In millions)	December 31
	2018			2017			2016
Segment Operating Profit
Origination	$	546		$	404		$	362
Oilseeds	1,474			825			853
Carbohydrate Solutions	945			1,078			1,001
Nutrition	339			312			273
Other	58			51			134
Specified Items:
Gains on sales of assets and businesses(1)	13			22			114
Impairment, restructuring, exit, and settlement charges(2)	(102		)	(160		)	(32		)
Hedge timing effects(3)	—			4			(1		)
Total segment operating profit	3,273			2,536			2,704
Corporate	(1,213		)	(927		)	(882		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	2,060		$	1,609		$	1,822

⁽¹⁾ The gains in 2018 related to the sale of businesses and assets. The gains in 2017 related to the sale of the crop risk services business and disposals of other individually insignificant assets in the ordinary course of business, partially offset by an adjustment of the proceeds of the 2015 sale of the cocoa business. The gains in 2016 primarily related to recovery of loss provisions and gain related to the sale of the Company’s Brazilian sugar ethanol facilities, realized contingent consideration on the December 2012 sale of the Company’s equity investment in Gruma S.A. de C.V., and revaluation of the remaining interest to settlement value in conjunction with the acquisition of the remaining interest in Amazon Flavors, partially offset by a loss on sale of asset.

⁽²⁾ The charges in 2018 consisted of impairment of certain assets, restructuring, and settlement charges. The charges in 2017 consisted of asset impairments related to the closure of a facility and the reconfiguration of the Company’s Peoria, Illinois ethanol complex, settlement charges, and several individually insignificant asset impairments and restructuring charges. The charges in 2016 consisted of several individually insignificant asset impairments and restructuring charges.

⁽³⁾ Hedge timing effects relate to hedge ineffectiveness associated with documented hedge programs.

(In millions)	December 31
	2018		2017
Investments in and advances to affiliates
Origination	$	360	$	359
Oilseeds	4,189		3,961
Carbohydrate Solutions	375		373
Nutrition	63		57
Corporate	330		338
Total	$	5,317	$	5,088
Identifiable assets
Origination	$	8,461	$	8,311
Oilseeds	12,195		11,992
Carbohydrate Solutions	5,895		6,085
Nutrition	7,158		5,568
Other	5,131		5,658
Corporate	1,993		2,349
Total	$	40,833	$	39,963
(In millions)	December 31
	2018		2017
Gross additions to property, plant, and equipment
Origination	$	93	$	203
Oilseeds	223		262
Carbohydrate Solutions	267		326
Nutrition	182		234
Other	3		12
Corporate	77		63
Total	$	845	$	1,100

Geographic Information

Geographic information:  The following geographic data include revenues attributed to the countries based on the location of the subsidiary making the sale and long-lived assets based on physical location.  Long-lived assets represent the net book value of property, plant, and equipment.

	Year Ended
(In millions)	December 31
	2018		2017		2016
Revenues
United States	$	28,726	$	27,894	$	29,419
Switzerland	12,911		14,095		13,413
Cayman Islands	5,724		4,189		3,617
Germany	2,179		2,090		2,341
Other Foreign	14,801		12,560		13,556
	$	64,341	$	60,828	$	62,346

(In millions)	December 31
	2018		2017
Long-lived assets
United States	$	6,615	$	6,767
Brazil	802		731
Other Foreign	2,536		2,640
	$	9,953	$	10,138