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Sugar

A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 9:15 am

U.S. sugar growers and processors have long been criticized for taking a disproportionate share of government support for sugar beet and sugar cane crops. And it appears that another substantial ...
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Deere Crushes Estimates, Guidance Is Cautious

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 8:10 am

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The farm and heavy equipment maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.65 ...
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Bunge Shares Drop After Poor Earnings

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 7:40 am

Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the agribusiness giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.57 ...
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World Bank Issues Commodities Outlook

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 2:44 pm

The World Bank has just released its latest Commodity Market Outlook and the short version of the report is that commodity prices should “ease marginally” this year. But as the ...
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ADM Overcomes Low Ethanol Demand and U.S. Drought

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 8:55 am

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings this morning. The agribusiness giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.60 on revenues of $24.92 billion. ...
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Food Prices Rising Sharply

Posted: January 31, 2013 at 4:58 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported today that January agricultural product prices received by farmers rose 9% in January compared with December prices. Prices were 15% higher than in January ...
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Beef: Prices Rising or Falling?

Posted: January 24, 2013 at 2:03 pm

Last week privately held Cargill Inc. announced that it would close its beef processing plant in Plainview, Texas, due to a drop in the number of cattle available as a ...
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Credit Suisse Initiates Ag Sector Coverage with Top Picks for 2013 (AGU, MON, POT, MOS, CF, IPI, CMP)

Posted: January 17, 2013 at 10:32 am

Analysts at Credit Suisse today have initiated coverage on what they call the North American Agricultural Sciences sector with a look a seven fertilizer makers. Some of the companies have performed ...
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U.S. Crop Report Boosts Ag Prices

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 12:44 pm

Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inaugurated its new practice of releasing the monthly crop reports at noon ET. January saw a decline in the forecast for the Florida ...
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Cargill Reports Earnings Quadrupled

Posted: January 9, 2013 at 12:51 pm

Privately held Cargill today reported net earnings of $409 million for its second fiscal quarter, which ended November 30th. That’s more than four times the company’s reported earnings for the ...
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Monsanto’s Fertile Quarter and Growing Outlook

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 8:28 am

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.62 on revenue of $2.94 billion. In the same period a year ago, the fertilizer ...
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Mosaic Faces Pricing, Operational Issues Going Forward

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 7:47 am

The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer maker reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.47 on revenues of $2.5 ...
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U.S. Farm Bill to Get Extension

Posted: December 31, 2012 at 8:36 am

Fearful of the consequences of milk prices rising to $8 a gallon, U.S. House and Senate conferees have agreed to extend the 2008 Farm Bill for another year. Had a ...
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Wheat Supply Rises, Price Falls

Posted: December 11, 2012 at 11:53 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for November. The agency lifted its estimate on U.S. wheat stocks ...
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Titan Beats Estimates, Raises Revenue Outlook

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 8:14 am

Farm equipment and machinery retailer Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ: TITN) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.66 on revenue of $582.1 million before markets opened this morning. ...
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