News related to the reduced wheat crop in Russia, followed by a ban on Russian wheat exports, have sent wheat prices along a steeply rising trajectory. Rising prices for wheat have also…
Raging fires and severe drought in Russia have led to the government imposing a temporary ban on wheat exports beginning August 15th. The country claims to have sufficient stocks, but cannot afford…
The corn ethanol industry in the US has received some $41 billion in federal subsidies since 1980. This year alone, federal subsidies are expected to total about $7.6 billion. As the federal…
The federal subsidy of $0.45/gal for domestic ethanol is set to expire at year’s end, and the sparks are flying now as the embattled industry seeks to renew government payments. On one…
Betting on carbon capture has been hard to do, and it still may be a stretch for some investors who may have preferred to see smaller companies. Today came the announcement from…
Despite earnings warnings and lower guidance throughout 2009, analysts and investors chased up the potash and agriculture names due to the various potash and agriculture companies talking up forward shipments and an…
The recovering US economy is fueling demand for crude oil, and the demand for crude oil is boosting demand for ethanol. Corn prices, which had been low for months, have recently risen…
No matter what legislation comes out of the frenzied health care debate, economists say that it will cost the American taxpayer a great deal. Estimates run the gamut from the Obama administration’s claim…
2010 is turning out to be the year that big companies return to hiking dividends. In just the last week we have seen dividend hikes from Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), Boardwalk…
These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Cut…
These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Archer-Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Started as…
These are this morning’s top pre-market day trader alert stocks. We have more color and more detail on price and volume analysis linked through to each at VSInvestor.com: Smith & Wesson Holding…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Ctrip.com…
According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) will have to raise billions of dollars. Reuters reports that a judge has approved a quick auction of Chrysler assets over the objections of creditors.…
Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) reporated earnings of a paltry $8 million (EPS of $0.01) on sales of $14.8 billion for its 2009 third quarter which ended on March 31st.…
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