CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture has awarded
its 2018 Collaboration of the Year Award to Archer Daniels Midland
Company (NYSE: ADM), General Mills and Agrible for their work on the
Southern Plains Wheat Fieldprint® Project, which helps farmers in
Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri to measure and improve natural resource
management efficiency for winter wheat production.
“We’re honored to receive this recognition for our work to help farmers
enhance the efficiency and sustainability of their businesses,” said ADM
Chief Sustainability Officer Alison Taylor. “The Southern Plains Wheat
Fieldprint Project is a great fit for us, helping advance all four of
our sustainability pillars: mitigating climate change, protecting
natural resources, creating business alliances and enhancing employee
and community well-being.”
Field to Market—a group of more than 140 members representing all facets
of the U.S. agricultural supply chain—presents its Sustainability
Leadership Awards annually to farmers and organizations who demonstrate
outstanding leadership through their efforts to advance continuous
improvement in the sustainability of U.S. agriculture.
The Southern Plains Wheat Fieldprint® Project includes 99 participating
growers with 176,000 acres enrolled in its second year. Participating
growers have made great strides over the past two years in soil
improvements and input reduction, resulting in significant emissions
reductions; 140,390 gallons of diesel fuel saved; and a 10 percent
increase in crop yields. Equally as important, the program has created
ongoing dialogue and a platform for growers to share their stories with
consumers, facilitated by ADM.
“The pressing challenges facing agriculture and the environment are too
big for any organization to solve alone, underscoring the importance of
collaboration to deliver solutions at the scale and pace needed,” said
Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market. “Together, ADM, General Mills
and Agrible are helping contribute to a more profitable, resilient and
transparent agricultural supply chain by helping farmers quantify and
measure continuous improvement in soil health and water conservation and
explore practices that build resiliency.”
Learn more at www.fieldtomarket.org/awards.
About Field to Market
Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture brings
together a diverse group of grower organizations; agribusinesses; food,
beverage, restaurant and retail companies; conservation groups;
universities and public sector partners to focus on defining, measuring
and advancing the sustainability of food, fiber and fuel production.
Field to Market is comprised of more than 140 members representing all
facets of the U.S. agricultural supply chain, with members employing
more than 5 million people and representing combined revenues totaling
over $1.5 trillion.
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company
(NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital
needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest
agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with
approximately 31,000 employees serving customers in more than 170
countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately 500
crop procurement locations, 270 food and feed ingredient manufacturing
facilities, 44 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop
transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making
products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn more
at www.adm.com.
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Media Relations
Jackie Anderson
media@adm.com
312-634-8484