Archer Daniels Midland In regards to the subject line ( Is Steve Spence a shill for ADM? ) I would suggest you also ask: is `Hopelessly Midwestern' obviously too lazy to bother checking DejaNews/google to find the answer to his/her own questions? (Hint: of the answers no and yes, each question gets one.

) It is, however, true that ADM, which owns most of Iowa

and grows a lot of corn, has a pretty strong lobbying effort. This is not terribly surprising as lobbying has a higher return on investment than virtually any other activity. Buy a few politicians for under a million dollars, get laws written that add hundreds of millions to your bottom line