Smithfield估计,美国每英亩的玉米产量将不足140蒲式耳,可能为130蒲式耳。波普表示,在全球供应本已匮乏的情况下,这将大幅降低产量预期。美国政府预测每英亩玉米产量平均为146蒲式耳。
“I’ll use the word catastrophe – that’s my definition, Mr Pope told the Financial Times in an interview.
波普在接受英国《金融时报》采访时表示,“我会用到‘灾难’这个词——这是我的定义。
Meat producers feel pressure when feed prices surge. Smithfield shares fell 13 per cent in the month to Tuesday.
饲料价格飙升给肉类生产企业带来了压力。截至本周二,Smithfield的股价本月已下跌13%。
Mr Pope said the company has used futures to lock in feed costs “well into the spring of 2013. He had to defend the position at a board meeting on June 18, before corn had jumped to a record $8 a bushel.
波普指出,该公司已利用期货交易锁定了截至2013年春季的饲料成本。他曾不得不在6月18日的董事会会议上为这一做法辩护,随后玉米价格升至创纪录的每蒲式耳8美元。
“I thought that $6 corn was the end of the world, said Mr Pope. “I never could have realised that I would be thankful to be buying it at $7.
波普说:“我曾以为当玉米价格涨到6美元时,世界末日也就到了。我从未想到当我以7美元的价格买进玉米时,我会如此心怀感激。
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