Fertilizer stocks are on skid row after the U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed that the unsold corn supplies from December were down about 1% less than what analysts were expecting.  Like...
US plantings of wheat and corn this year will be higher than the most recent US Department of Agriculture survey according to new survey results from Allendale Inc. cited by Bloomberg News. The firm...
How many quarters have we had to hear from fertilizer and potash companies that the earnings results will be disappointing but good news is closer rather than farther away?  This has been the trend...
Agriculture, fertilizer, and potash companies are not exactly known for the highest dividend yields in the world.  Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) announced today that it has...
There have been several research calls in the potash, agriculture, and fertilizer sector this morning which have pushed stocks higher.  Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU), Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS), Terra...
The projected US corn crop is currently in worse condition than it’s been in since 2002, which were then the worst since 1990. Only 56% of this year’s crop was judged to be in “good” or...
Warmer and drier weather in the US Midwest is raising concerns about the corn and soybean crops. If such weather continues, it could reduce the harvest and drive crop prices up. Corn prices fell to...
When corporate management and insiders unload shares of stock, investors often look at the transactions.  This is legal insider trading that generally comes from planned share sales and/or via the...
Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported fiscal third quarter EPS of $1.69 this morning, just $0.02 better than analysts’ consensus estimate. Revenue totaled $8.37 billion,...
While the debate over raising the US debt ceiling grabbed all the headlines for the past week or so, US equity markets have been facing other headwinds that haven’t lightened since the deal was...
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT), Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) and Intrepid Potash,Inc. (NYSE: IPI) are all recovering at least some from yesterday’s major...
There are actually very few analyst calls this morning and some of these may even be carry-over calls from late yesterday: Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) raised to buy at UBS. BJ Services (BJS) raised...
We won’t bother telling you that Thursday was just a giant flush out in the market.  Still, some stocks rise regardless of the market.  We have identified several stocks which are up enough...
The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) is finally about to be free from its shackles.  We are just about to get past the long-awaited spin-off of this whopping 100 million shares that have been effectively held...