Agri-Biz Grows on With Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM)
With the economy semi-officially pronounced as in, or on, the verge of a recession, investors are looking for good news. The agricultural business, heavily related to commodities and commodity prices, has seen its difficulties, yet several companies are plowing through these times and doing quite well. Global agricultural conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) is one. ADM, the agricultural commodities and products company, manufactures, stores, processes, transports and sells a wide variety of agricultural and agriculture-related products. It has three divisions: the Oilseeds Processing division, which concentrates mainly on soy, peanut, cottonseed and other oilseed processing and products; the Corn…