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ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. $60 is a buy. The stock (New York symbol ADM; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 559.4 million; Market cap: $33.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.adm.com) processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed, peanuts and other crops into a variety of food ingredients. With the March 2021 payment, Archer Daniels raised its quarterly dividend by 2.8%. The new annual rate of $1.48 yields an attractive 2.5%. In the quarter ended June 30, 2021, revenue jumped 40.8%, to $22.93 billion from $16.28 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share gained 56.5%, to $1.33 from $0.85. Those gains are partly because the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions have spurred demand for food products from restaurants. The re-opening is also lifting demand for ethanol from corn, a gasoline additive. Archer Daniels Midland is a buy. STANTEC INC. $60 is a buy. The engineering firm (Toronto symbol STN; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 112.1…