ADM Enters Carbon Removal Market with Over 800,000 Ton-per-year Capacity

Global agriculture supply chain and processing company ADM announced plans to enter the voluntary carbon dioxide removal market with credits generated from carbon capture operations at the company’s corn processing complex in Columbus, Nebraska.

The company said that the Columbus facility has an annual carbon removal capacity of over 800,000 tons, making the planned credit offering one of the largest of its kind to date.

ADM launched carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations at the Columbus complex in 2025 in partnership with energy infrastructure company Tallgrass. Under the project, biogenic CO2 generated during ethanol fermentation at ADM’s corn processing facility is captured, purified and compressed before being transported to Tallgrass’s sequestration hub in Eastern Wyoming, where it is stored underground in state-regulated CCS wells. The project is the largest bioethanol carbon capture facility in the world.

Kris Lutt, ADM’s Vice President of Innovation & Growth, said:

“Our growth strategy is predicated on smart investments that build on our world-class footprint, and carbon capture is a great example of that. More broadly, we view agriculture as a powerful engine to lower carbon, and our capabilities uniquely position us to help deliver for stakeholders across value chains.”

The carbon removal credits are undergoing certification and issuance by carbon-crediting platform Puro.earth under its Geologically Stored Carbon methodology, with certification and issuance of the initial credits expected by the end of 2026. Following successful certification and verification, ADM expects to begin a 15-year crediting period for the Columbus plant, the company said.