The hype around the ethanol industry may have subsided, but its future as an alternative energy source is not dead. That’s why Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) is using this bust to strengthen its position as industry leader. Andrew Snyder says this long-term strategy puts ADM in a great position for a future, greener America.
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Tighter credit for farmers could worsen a global food crisis as smaller crop sizes cause prices to soar. Many farmers have traditionally bought pre-season supplies such as seeds and fertilizer on credit and then paid off the debt with the proceeds from the year’s harvest. But with a growing number of farmers unable to obtain the credit they need, crop yields will suffer.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), the nation’s largest ethanol producer, could begin shifting much of its biofuels operation to Brazil, as corn-based ethanol attracts continued political scrutiny in the United States.
As the old Wall Street adage says, nobody ever got poor by taking profits. And Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT), the world’s largest fertilizer company, is a living case study as to why that’s true.