One former Washington insider recently told me that Archer Daniels Midland, the grain processing giant and one of the country's largest ethanol producers, lobbied heavily for the blender's credit of 51 cents per gallon that ethanol receives.

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The mother of three was divorced by the time she began leading the grain-processing giant in 2006.

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Investors in grain-processing giant Archer-Daniels-Midland ( ADM) think corn is king.

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Cargill, which is privately owned, has been doing business since 1986 in Venezuela, where its operations include oilseed processing, grain and oilseeds trading, animal feed, salt, and financial and risk management.

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