date:May 16, 2013
og-processor Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) and ethanol makers such as Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM)
We have the potential to build a substantial buffer of corn supplies this year, Don Roose, the president of U.S. Commodities Inc. in West Des Moines, Iowa, said before the report. The weather patterns remain volatile, and that means there is plenty of time for the crop to get bigger or smaller, depending on weather the rest of the growing season.
Corn futures for July delivery slumped 1.9 perce