Agricultural Products

Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRIF) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael S. Gamzon, Griffin's Corporate Vice President, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Griffin, effective on September 15, 2010. Mr. Gamzon has...

Corn Products International (NYSE: CPO) has announced a $900 million senior unsecured note offering, consisting of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 3.200 percent notes due November 1, 2015, $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625 percent notes due November 1, 2020, and an...

The Board of Directors of Corn Products International, Inc. (NYSE: CPO) today announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share on the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on October 25, 2010, to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2010.

Standpoint Research is downgrading Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) from Buy to Hold, Flour (NYSE: FLR) from Buy to Hold, and ADOBE (NYSE: ADBE) from Buy to Hold. Standpoint still sees value in each of the names but do not think they can out-perform the market going forward as they have...

Standpoint Research downgrades Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), Flour (NYSE: FLR) and Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) to Hold.

Shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) are flat on the session, currently trading at $32.75. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months, rallying from a low near $24.50. One large options trade hit the tape right at the opening bell today. The December $35.00...

Below are the top farm products' stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) is 14.92%. SEED's quarterly earnings gained 40.30% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Cal-Maine Foods...

Alico, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALCO) with RABO AGRIFINANCE, INC. for $100 million to refinance its term note and revolving line of credit with Farm Credit of Southwest Florida. Proceeds from the Agreement were used to extinguish the Company's term note and revolving line of credit with Farm Credit.

September 8, 2010 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in sector research tools for investor’s reports on trading for agriculture stocks for September 8th. Agriculture Stocks Sector Close –Up September 8th Aquamer Medical Corp. (OTCBB: AQUM) (DBA/ Urban Agricultural Corp.) trading last at $0.15 China...

Brazil's Vale (NYSE: VALE), Latin America's second-largest company by market value, is looking to expand its fertilizer business throught the creation of a new company, Vale Fertilizantes. The company has earmarked $12 billion to be spent on new projects and acquisitions in fertilizers in the next...

Deutsche Bank says, “The opportunity set for global, integrated agribusiness processors has markedly improved with the shortfall in FSU grain production. Though global stocks-to-use for wheat are adequate, the U.S. should gain a greater share of trade. Corn exports are also benefiting as a...

By 12:38 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 5.30 points, or 0.05%, to 10,054.76, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 0.35 points, or 0.03%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 2.15 points, or 0.10%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the market are...

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) Vice-President, James Smith, reported that he sold 30,000 shares of ADM on August 19th for an average price of $30.65. The transaction totaled $919,500. Mr. Smith owns 277,755 direct shares and 623 indirect shares of ADM....

Brazil's Vale (NYSE: VALE), the largest iron ore maker in the world, is not preparing a bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT), according to unidentified sources, Reuters reported. Vale, Latin America's biggest company by market cap, has been mentioned as one company that could launch a...

Origin Argitech (Nasdaq: SEED) chatter.