Agricultural Products

Analysts at Standpoint Research downgraded Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (NYSE: FDP) from “buy” to “hold.” FDP shares fell 1.01% to $24.49 at 1:26 pm. More Analyst Ratings here

By John Mauldin How often did we as young kids go down the street kicking a can? “Kicking the can down the road” is a universally understood metaphor that has come to mean not dealing with the problem but putting a band-aid on it, knowing we will have to deal with something maybe even worse in...

Jefferies is initiating coverage on Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM) with a Hold rating and a $34 price target. “ADM's share price has historically moved in close tandem (positive 0.79 correlation) with ethanol operating profit per gallon, which we expect to remain near its current level of $0.30...

Jefferies is initiating coverage on shares of Corn Products International (NYSE: CPO) with a Hold rating and $50 price target. “Corn Products' share price has historically moved in close tandem (positive 0.73 correlation) with corn co-products prices (corn oil, corn gluten feed and corn gluten meal...

Jefferies reports that it expects Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) to see a return of system volume growth in 2011 driven by the uncertain global supply/demand picture and very favorable volume comparisons in 1H11. “Global coarse grain production falling short of consumption, drought in key world wheat...

Jefferies & Company has initiated Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) with a Buy rating and $78 price target.

Jefferies & Company has initiated Corn Products International (NYSE: CPO) with a Hold rating and $50.

Jefferies & Company has initiated Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM) with a Hold rating and $34 price target.

The Global Engineering and Construction Group of  Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT) received a contract from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) for two grassroots refineries in Brazil. The contract value is undisclosed. One of the...

The Global Engineering and Construction Group of  Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT) received a contract from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) for two grassroots refineries in Brazil. The contract value is undisclosed. One of the...

Below are the top farm product stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Le Gaga Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GAGA) is 36.00%. GAGA's quarterly revenue gained 54.80% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Origin Agritech Limited (...

Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), announced that it has agreed to buy the rice milling business of Pacific International Rice Mills, LLC, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch, Inc (NYSE: BUD). The purchase is expected to close by the end of the year,...

Origin Agritech (NASDAQ: SEED) is trading near technical resistance dating back to May 2010 and also intraday session highs.

AgFeed Industries (NASDAQ: FEED) is spiking higher today in intraday trading making fresh session highs. Shares were last trading over 5% higher than yesterday's close at $2.47. Possible sympathy stocks include Origin Agritech (NASDAQ: SEED) and general sector frenzy from new Chinese IPOs like...

Irrelevant and misleading most of the time What's the issue? The Wall Street Journal Goofs Harmful for your wallet I normally don't care to write about the mainstream media - for the very reason that it's...