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Perspective
06 January 2017

Agri traders look to provide supply chain value

Region:
Americas
Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their supply chain. Agri traders have to demonstrate value to producers as companies look to minimise expenditure.

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