Seed and fertilizer maker Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported second fiscal quarter earnings this morning that set a record for the quarter. The company also boosted its EPS outlook for the full fiscal...
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) appears to finally be on the road to redemption.  The seed and ag giant showed a profit in its first quarter and it is not lowering expectations.  The earnings of about $6...
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks with a link through to each story at VSInvestor.com for more detailed data and analysis: Chattem Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTT) is the...
Shares of Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) are surging pre-market after beating its earnings expectations.  The company posted a record posted a record $520.8 million in net income, translating to $1.17...
Canadian-based Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) announced this morning that it would raise its semi-annual dividend to $0.50, more than double the previous $0.225 payment. The company’s CEO said:The further...
Getting any respect in the fertilizer business has been pretty tough so far this year. We’ll have to wait about an hour or so this morning to see if Agrium Corp. (NYSE: AGU) can defy history. The...
Canadian agribusiness giant Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) lost out on its bid for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) earlier this year, and CF went on to acquire Terra Industries for $4.6 billion. That...
About 94% of the US corn crop is now in the ground, and that fact, along with other news, has put some recent pressure on corn prices and on stock prices for some of the companies and funds that...
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street brokerage firms early this Tuesday morning: BHP Billiton (BHP) Raised to Buy at UBS. Coach (COH) Raised to...
Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) has been one of the amazing companies in an amazing sector, or at least it was back when the developing world was moving from one meal to two meals a day.  The leaders in...
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...
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is having a rough day.  Some will call this environmental bashing, and some will call this environmental policing.  Based upon what we have seen out of the Gulf of...
There was a significant agreement out of Canada between it and China, via Canpotex (Canadian Potash Exporters).  Canpotex is the world’s largest exporter of potash.  Canpotex...
Since the beginning of September, copper and corn prices have fallen dramatically, with copper off nearly -35% from its 12 month high and corn off about -25%. Because both are often seen as leading...
Practically from the time of the announcement by BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) that it was offering $38.6 billion to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT), the provincial government of...