But the agricultural giant's feisty chairman pays it no more mind than a Kansas farmer does a passing squall.

That has not been the case at Archer Daniels Midland, the agricultural giant that pleaded guilty to Federal price-fixing charges last fall.

But with American Home's merger with Monsanto, the company is a pharmaceutical and agricultural giant.

And they have postponed the day when Russia, one of the world's agricultural giants, will be able to feed itself.

Archer-Daniels Shifting Board Four Archer-Daniels-Midland managers will step down from the agricultural giant's board to make room for an outside majority.

But in doing so, it has come under intense scrutiny from regulators who say that agricultural giants may wield too much control over the food supply.

Jianwei Ding worked for a subsidiary of Cofco, the agricultural giant that also runs the big Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix.

Mr. Obama flew twice last year on jets owned by Archer Daniels Midland, the agricultural giant.

Four managers of the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, the agricultural giant, will step down from its board of directors, the company announced yesterday.

But its proposed merger with Monsanto will make the new company a pharmaceutical and agricultural giant.