Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) reported resilient 2025 results despite a backdrop of geopolitical, macroeconomic and environmental challenges.
In its financial and sustainability performance results for the year ended 31 December released on 18 March, the company announced net sales totalling US$53.2bn compared to US$50.6bn the previous year, supported by a 10.6% rise in shipped volumes driven primarily by Grains & Oilseeds product lines as well as business expansions.
There was a slight drop in segment operating results from US$2.348bn in 2024 to US$2.256bn while earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITA) dipped from US$1.883bn to US$1.831bn.
“We successfully navigated this uncertain landscape, delivering robust results for 2025,” said Michael Gelchie, LDC’s CEO.
The group doubled capital expenditure in 2025 to almost US$2bn, supporting continued operational and safety maintenance and enhancements at existing LDC facilities, while driving expansion of origination, logistics and processing capacity, both in core merchandising activities and downstream business lines.
In North America, LDC said it continued to invest in expanded canola processing and new pea protein ingredient production capabilities, at the site of its existing complex in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Construction also advanced on its new US soyabean processing complex in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and the company had been selected to operate the grain export facility at Burns Harbor, in Indiana, LDC said.
LDC said it continued to invest in storage and logistics assets for grains, oilseeds and cotton in Argentina, as well as a new specialised crushing line at its agro-industrial complex in Timbúes, to process high-oil-content seeds.
In Central Europe, Gelchie said the company’s purchase of new grains and oilseeds logistics, processing and trading activities in Hungary and Poland - including two crushing and refining plants, as well as seven storage and logistics sites - had expanded its presence in European sunflower and rapeseed markets.
In Asia, LDC inaugurated new glycerine refining and edible oil packaging facilities in Lampung, Indonesia, a new joint laboratory in Luohe, China, as well as two new lines for speciality feed protein and lecithin production in Tianjin, China.
Construction also began on a new food technology park in Dongjiakou in China.
